Neurologic Aspects of Vertigo

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Abstract
VERTIGO is a sensation, a symptom without any essential objective sign, and is therefore subject to all the limitations imposed by the descriptive powers and capacity for observation possessed by the patient. It is a subjective sensation of disequilibration and, whatever its origin, may be accompanied by nausea, vomiting and circulatory collapse when the vertigo is severe. It is obviously important to separate the symptom from the sense of uncertainty, often described as dizziness ("false vertigo") complained of by psychoneurotic patients, particularly in panic states, but this is in practice not difficult. The distinguishing characteristic of true vertigo is that . . .
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