Dix was born in 1902 and attended Sherborne School for Girls. She studied medicine at the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, earning her MBBS in 1937. She then began training as a surgeon, but in 1940 she was injured in an air-raid during the Blitz that left her with a facial disfigurement and pieces of glass in her eyes, forcing her to give up her surgical career.[1]
Dix became a Doctor of Medicine in 1957,[4] and worked at the National Hospital until her retirement in 1976. She authored over 100 publications in the field of neuro-otology and won the Royal Society of Medicine's Norman Gamble Research Prize in 1980. She died on 9 December 1991, aged 89.[1]
^Baloh, Robert W. (2016). Vertigo: Five Physician Scientists and the Quest for a Cure. Oxford University Press. p. 187. ISBN978-0-19-060014-3.
^Lanska, Douglas J. (2014). "Hallpike, Charles Skinner". Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences. Academic Press. p. 498.
^Koehler, Peter J. (10 August 2017). "Eponymous Women in Neurology". World Neurology. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
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margaret, botanist, margaret, margaret, ruth, 1902, december, 1991, british, neuro, otologist, with, charles, skinner, hallpike, published, important, research, vertigo, described, hallpike, test, biography, editdix, born, 1902, attended, sherborne, school, gi. For the botanist see Margaret A Dix Margaret Ruth Dix 1902 9 December 1991 was a British neuro otologist With Charles Skinner Hallpike she published important research on vertigo and described the Dix Hallpike test Biography editDix was born in 1902 and attended Sherborne School for Girls She studied medicine at the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine earning her MBBS in 1937 She then began training as a surgeon but in 1940 she was injured in an air raid during the Blitz that left her with a facial disfigurement and pieces of glass in her eyes forcing her to give up her surgical career 1 Dix joined the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery as a Medical Research Council researcher in 1945 studying deafness in ex servicemen 1 She was hired by Charles Skinner Hallpike who encouraged her to pursue a career in neuro otology the study of the inner ear Dix and Hallpike published a landmark series in 1952 in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine and the Annals of Otology Rhinology and Laryngology it described the main causes of vertigo and how to differentiate between them 2 They also described the eponymous Dix Hallpike test which is used to diagnose benign paroxysmal positional vertigo 3 Dix became a Doctor of Medicine in 1957 4 and worked at the National Hospital until her retirement in 1976 She authored over 100 publications in the field of neuro otology and won the Royal Society of Medicine s Norman Gamble Research Prize in 1980 She died on 9 December 1991 aged 89 1 References edit a b c Dix Margaret Ruth 1902 1991 Royal College of Surgeons 2015 Retrieved 21 August 2017 Baloh Robert W 2016 Vertigo Five Physician Scientists and the Quest for a Cure Oxford University Press p 187 ISBN 978 0 19 060014 3 Lanska Douglas J 2014 Hallpike Charles Skinner Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences Academic Press p 498 Koehler Peter J 10 August 2017 Eponymous Women in Neurology World Neurology Retrieved 21 August 2017 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Margaret Dix amp oldid 1083581263, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,