Prosper Menière: the man who located vertigo in the inner ear

ABSTRACT Since the Greek Aellus Galenum (129 AD - c.200/c.216), vertigo was considered a problem attributed to a cerebral disorder, diagnosed as the manifestation of apoplectiform cerebral congestion. In the mid-19th century, the Frenchman Prosper Menière changed this concept by placing the origin o...

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Main Authors: Péricles MARANHÃO-FILHO, Eliana Teixeira MARANHÃO, Carolina Marques de OLIVEIRA
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Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2021-04-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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description ABSTRACT Since the Greek Aellus Galenum (129 AD - c.200/c.216), vertigo was considered a problem attributed to a cerebral disorder, diagnosed as the manifestation of apoplectiform cerebral congestion. In the mid-19th century, the Frenchman Prosper Menière changed this concept by placing the origin of this symptom in the inner ear. The main objective of this historical note is to highlight who Menière was, his work, and some aspects of the disease that bears his name.
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spelling doaj-art-efb445c2cc6942a4ba3aa8c29a583ec72025-08-20T03:06:27ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42272021-04-0179325425610.1590/0004-282x-anp-2020-0371Prosper Menière: the man who located vertigo in the inner earPéricles MARANHÃO-FILHOhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2030-547XEliana Teixeira MARANHÃOhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6673-6940Carolina Marques de OLIVEIRAhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1811-1820ABSTRACT Since the Greek Aellus Galenum (129 AD - c.200/c.216), vertigo was considered a problem attributed to a cerebral disorder, diagnosed as the manifestation of apoplectiform cerebral congestion. In the mid-19th century, the Frenchman Prosper Menière changed this concept by placing the origin of this symptom in the inner ear. The main objective of this historical note is to highlight who Menière was, his work, and some aspects of the disease that bears his name.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2021000300254&tlng=enMeniere DiseaseEar, InnerVertigoHistory
spellingShingle Péricles MARANHÃO-FILHO
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Carolina Marques de OLIVEIRA
Prosper Menière: the man who located vertigo in the inner ear
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Meniere Disease
Ear, Inner
Vertigo
History
title Prosper Menière: the man who located vertigo in the inner ear
title_full Prosper Menière: the man who located vertigo in the inner ear
title_fullStr Prosper Menière: the man who located vertigo in the inner ear
title_full_unstemmed Prosper Menière: the man who located vertigo in the inner ear
title_short Prosper Menière: the man who located vertigo in the inner ear
title_sort prosper meniere the man who located vertigo in the inner ear
topic Meniere Disease
Ear, Inner
Vertigo
History
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