- Prosper Ménière
Prosper Ménière (
June 18 ,1799 –February 7 ,1862 ), born inAngers ,France . Ménière waslycée and university educated where he excelled at humanities and classics. He completed his gold medal in medical studies atHôtel-Dieu de Paris in 1826, and his M.D. in 1828 where he then assistedGuillaume 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. [cite journal | last = Birch | first = A | title = Ménière's disease | journal = The Practitioner | volume = 213 | pages = 391–392 | date = 1974] [cite journal | title = Editorial | journal = Journal of the American Medical Association | volume = 207 | pages = 1708 | date = 1969]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 .References
#Citation
last = Beasley
last2 = Jones
title = Meniere's disease: Evolution of a definition
journal = The Journal of Laryngology and Otology
volume = 110
issue = 12
pages = 1108
date = December 1996Footnotes
External links
* [http://www.prospermeniere.com/prosper_default.asp Prosper Meniere Society] official website
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