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09.07.2018 | Cover Editorial
Paul Hoffmann (1884–1962 AD) and Jules Tinel (1879–1952 AD), and their legacy to neuroscience: the Hoffmann-Tinel sign
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Ali Çağlar Turgut, R. Shane Tubbs, Mehmet Turgut
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Child's Nervous System
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The eponymous “Hoffmann-Tinel sign” remembers two physicians who contributed to defining the phenomenon in 1915 but who were on opposing sides during the First World War: Paul Hoffmann (1884–1962), a German, and Jules Tinel (1879–1952), a Frenchman [
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3]. In the medical world, this test is called Tinel’s test [
4]. However, Hoffman first described it in March of 1915 as “light percussion of a finger during extension as a diagnostic maneuver produces a pins and needles feeling” [
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3]. Later, in October 1915, Tinel described it as “application of pressure to an injured nerve trunk induces a sensation of tingling.” Unfortunately, Hoffmann and Tinel were not aware of each other’s scientific papers, possibly owing to a lack of communication during wartime [
3]. …