Prosper Ménière

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Prosper Ménière (June 18, 1799 – February 7, 1862), born in Angers, France. Ménière was lycée and university educated where he excelled at humanities and classics. He completed his gold medal in medical studies at Hôtel-Dieu de Paris in 1826, and his M.D. in 1828 where he then assisted Guillaume Dupuytren.

Ménière was originally set to be a assistant professor in faculty, but political tensions disturbed his professorship and was sent to control the spread of cholera. He received a legion of honor for his work, but never gained professorship. After securing the position of physician-in-chief at the Institute for deaf-mutes, he focused on the diseases of the ear.[1][2]

Ménière's studies at the deaf-mute institute helped formulate his paper, On a particular kind of hearing loss resulting from lesions of the inner ear which which ultimately lead to the recognition of Ménière's disease.

[edit] References

  1. Beasley & Jones (December 1996), “Meniere's disease: Evolution of a definition”, The Journal of Laryngology and Otology 110 (12): 1108 

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Birch, A (1974). "Ménière's disease". The Practitioner 213: 391-392. 
  2. ^ "Editorial" (1969). Journal of the American Medical Association 207: 1708. 

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