Rezső Bálint (physician)

Rezső Bálint (October 22, 1874 – May 23, 1929) was a Hungarian neurologist and psychiatrist. He discovered Bálint's syndrome.[1]

Rezső Bálint
Born	22 October 1874 Budapest
Died	23 May 1929 (aged 54) Budapest
Alma mater	University of Budapest
Known for	Bálint's syndrome
Scientific career
Fields	neurology, internal medicine
Institutions	University of Budapest

Bálint studied medicine in Budapest, graduating in 1897. He habilitated in 1910, became extraordinary professor in 1914 and full professor in 1917. He died of thyroid cancer in 1929.[2]

Selected works

• Ueber das Verhalten der Patellarreflexe bei hohen Querschnittsmyelitiden, 1901
• Seelenlähmung des “Schauens”, optische Ataxie, räumliche Störung der Aufmerksamkeit, 1909 doi:10.1159/000210464
• Diaetetikai vezérfonal. Budapest, 1924
• A cukorbetegség és az inzulin. Budapest, 1927
• Ulcusproblem und Säurebasengleichgewicht. Berlin, 1927.
• Gewebsproliferation und Säurebasengleichgewicht. Pathologie und Klinik in Einzeldarstellungen. 1930.

References

1. Rezsö (Rudolf) Bálint (www.whonamedit.com)
2. Husain, M.; Stein, J. (1988). "Rezsö Bálint and his most celebrated case". Archives of Neurology. 45 (1): 89–93. doi:10.1001/archneur.1988.00520250095029. PMID 3276300.