TY - JOUR
AU - Sullivan, Kent N.
AB - Abstract The editor forwarded Dr. Thompson's letter to Dr. Sullivan for comment. To the Editor. —I appreciate the concern about the proper use of the term hippus. As clearly pointed out, hippus has been relegated to the clinically meaningless role of defining abnormal degrees of pupillary unrest. Indeed, with the exception of the article by Cannon et al,1 hippus has been reserved to signify rapidly occurring transient pupillary changes. We were moderately concerned that the duration of the pupillary changes during Cheyne-Stokes breathing that we described was too long to fit the classical concept of hippus. However, Cannon et al had previously used the term to signify the more prolonged pupillary alterations occurring during a complete respiratory cycle (approx five seconds in duration). Their experimental findings, though of questionable significance, benefitted by receiving a catchy name and thereby have been widely quoted. We feel that the current lack of appreciation References 1. Cannon, W.B.; Binger, C.A.L.; and Fritz, R.: Experimental Hyperthyroidism , Amer J Physiol 36:363-364 ( (March) ) 1915.
TI - Hippus
JF - Archives of Internal Medicine
DO - 10.1001/archinte.1969.00300150116020
DA - 1969-05-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-medical-association/hippus-0aRoNFC13x
SP - 598
EP - 598
VL - 123
IS - 5
DP - DeepDyve
ER -