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The Medical Treatment of Ménière's Disease

The Medical Treatment of Ménière's Disease Abstract In 1861 Prosper Ménière1 described a hitherto unrecognized symptom complex characterized by tinnitus, loss of hearing, and vertigo, the latter associated with nausea and sometimes with vomiting and followed by a syncopal attack with cold clammy sweat and weakness. His purpose was to separate this group of patients from the mass of dizzy or vertiginous patients who at that time were lumped together as having "apoplectiform cerebral convulsion." Unfortunately, Ménière died the year after he described this symptom complex, and his medical descendants soon lost sight of his purpose and reevoked the old confusion by combining all types of vertigo, dizziness, and incoordination under the term "Ménière's symptom complex." However, as Crowe2 pointed out, the symptoms of Ménière's disease are so invariable that they must originate from a single definite cause and the disturbance, therefore, warrants the use of the term "disease." The important role that Ménière ascribed References 1. Ménière, P.: Mémoire sur des lésions de l'oreille interne donnant lieu à des symptômes de congestion cérébrale apoplectiforme , Gaz. méd. Paris 16:597-601, 1861. 2. Crowe, S. J.: Ménière's Disease: A Study Based on Examinations Made Before and After an Intracranial Division of the Vestibular Nerve , Medicine 17:1-36 ( (Feb.) ) 1938.Crossref 3. Hallpike, C. S., and Cairns, H.: Observations on the Pathology of Ménière's Syndrome , J. Laryng. & Otol. 53:625-654 ( (Oct.) ) 1938. 4. Parrisius, W.: Anomalien des periphersten Gefässystems als Krankheitsursache speziell bei Ménière und Glaukom , München. med. Wchnschr. 71:224-225 ( (Feb. 22) ) 1924. 5. Müller, O.: Die feinsten Blutgefässe des Menschen in gesunden und kranken Tagen , Vol. 2: Zur speziellen Pathologie des feinsten Gefässabschnittes beim Menschen , Stuttgart, Ferdinand Enke, 1939, p. 229. 6. Weille, F. L.; Gargano, S. R.; Pfister, R.; Martinez, D., and Irwin, J. W.: An Experimental Study of the Circulation of the Spiral Ligament and Stria Vascularis of the Living Guinea Pig , Tr. Am. Acad. Ophth. 58:466-472 ( (May-June) ) 1954. 7. Mygind, S. H., and Dederding, D.: The Significance of Water Metabolism in General Pathology As Demonstrated by Experiments on the Ear , Acta oto-laryng. 17:424-466, 1932. 8. Russek, H. I., and Zohman, B. L.: Papaverine in Cerebral Angiospasm (Vascular Encephalopathy) , J. A. M. A. 136:930-932 ( (April 3) ) 1948. 9. Harris, H. E., and Moore, P. M., Jr.: The Use of Nicotinic Acid and Thiamine Chloride in the Treatment of Ménière's Syndrome , M. Clin. North America 24:533-542 ( (March) ) 1940. 10. Williams, H. L.; Horton, B. T., and Day, L. A.: Endolymphatic Hydrops Without Vertigo: Its Differential Diagnosis and Treatment , Tr. Am. Otol. Soc. 35:116-140, 1947. 11. Smith, C. A.; Lowry, O. H., and Wu, M. L.: The Electrolytes of the Labyrinthine Fluids , Laryngoscope 64:141-153 ( (March) ) 1954. 12. von Békésy, G.: DC Resting Potentials Inside the Cochlear Partition , J. Acoust. Soc. America 24:72-76 ( (Jan.) ) 1952. 13. Schemm, F. R.: A High Fluid Intake in the Management of Edema, Especially Cardiac Edema: I. The Details and Basis of the Régime , Ann. Int. Med. 17:952-969 ( (Dec.) ) 1942. 14. Keith, N. M.; Osterberg, A. E., and Binger, M. W.: The Effect of Certain Potassium Salts on Acid Base Excretion in the Normal Individual (Abstract) , Am. J. Physiol. 119:347-348 ( (June) ) 1937. 15. Perlman, H. B.; Goldinger, J. M., and Cales, J. O.: Electrolyte Studies in Ménière's Disease , Laryngoscope 63:640-651 ( (July) ) 1953. 16. Furstenberg, A. C.; Lashmet, F. H., and Lathrop, F.: Ménière's Symptom Complex: Medical Treatment , Ann. Otol. Rhin. & Laryng. 43:1035-1046 ( (Dec.) ) 1934. 17. Dederding, D.: Our Ménière Treatment (Principles and Results) , Acta oto-laryng. 16:404-415, 1931. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png A.M.A. Archives of Otolaryngology American Medical Association

The Medical Treatment of Ménière's Disease

WILLIAMS, HENRY L.
A.M.A. Archives of Otolaryngology , Volume 62 (6) – Dec 1, 1955
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Abstract In 1861 Prosper Ménière1 described a hitherto unrecognized symptom complex characterized by tinnitus, loss of hearing, and vertigo, the latter associated with nausea and sometimes with vomiting and followed by a syncopal attack with cold clammy sweat and weakness. His purpose was to separate this group of patients from the mass of dizzy or vertiginous patients who at that time were lumped together as having "apoplectiform cerebral convulsion." Unfortunately, Ménière died the year after he described this symptom complex, and his medical descendants soon lost sight of his purpose and reevoked the old confusion by combining all types of vertigo, dizziness, and incoordination under the term "Ménière's symptom complex." However, as Crowe2 pointed out, the symptoms of Ménière's disease are so invariable that they must originate from a single definite cause and the disturbance, therefore, warrants the use of the term "disease." The important role that Ménière ascribed References 1. Ménière, P.: Mémoire sur des lésions de l'oreille interne donnant lieu à des symptômes de congestion cérébrale apoplectiforme , Gaz. méd. Paris 16:597-601, 1861. 2. Crowe, S. J.: Ménière's Disease: A Study Based on Examinations Made Before and After an Intracranial Division of the Vestibular Nerve , Medicine 17:1-36 ( (Feb.) ) 1938.Crossref 3. Hallpike, C. S., and Cairns, H.: Observations on the Pathology of Ménière's Syndrome , J. Laryng. & Otol. 53:625-654 ( (Oct.) ) 1938. 4. Parrisius, W.: Anomalien des periphersten Gefässystems als Krankheitsursache speziell bei Ménière und Glaukom , München. med. Wchnschr. 71:224-225 ( (Feb. 22) ) 1924. 5. Müller, O.: Die feinsten Blutgefässe des Menschen in gesunden und kranken Tagen , Vol. 2: Zur speziellen Pathologie des feinsten Gefässabschnittes beim Menschen , Stuttgart, Ferdinand Enke, 1939, p. 229. 6. Weille, F. L.; Gargano, S. R.; Pfister, R.; Martinez, D., and Irwin, J. W.: An Experimental Study of the Circulation of the Spiral Ligament and Stria Vascularis of the Living Guinea Pig , Tr. Am. Acad. Ophth. 58:466-472 ( (May-June) ) 1954. 7. Mygind, S. H., and Dederding, D.: The Significance of Water Metabolism in General Pathology As Demonstrated by Experiments on the Ear , Acta oto-laryng. 17:424-466, 1932. 8. Russek, H. I., and Zohman, B. L.: Papaverine in Cerebral Angiospasm (Vascular Encephalopathy) , J. A. M. A. 136:930-932 ( (April 3) ) 1948. 9. Harris, H. E., and Moore, P. M., Jr.: The Use of Nicotinic Acid and Thiamine Chloride in the Treatment of Ménière's Syndrome , M. Clin. North America 24:533-542 ( (March) ) 1940. 10. Williams, H. L.; Horton, B. T., and Day, L. A.: Endolymphatic Hydrops Without Vertigo: Its Differential Diagnosis and Treatment , Tr. Am. Otol. Soc. 35:116-140, 1947. 11. Smith, C. A.; Lowry, O. H., and Wu, M. L.: The Electrolytes of the Labyrinthine Fluids , Laryngoscope 64:141-153 ( (March) ) 1954. 12. von Békésy, G.: DC Resting Potentials Inside the Cochlear Partition , J. Acoust. Soc. America 24:72-76 ( (Jan.) ) 1952. 13. Schemm, F. R.: A High Fluid Intake in the Management of Edema, Especially Cardiac Edema: I. The Details and Basis of the Régime , Ann. Int. Med. 17:952-969 ( (Dec.) ) 1942. 14. Keith, N. M.; Osterberg, A. E., and Binger, M. W.: The Effect of Certain Potassium Salts on Acid Base Excretion in the Normal Individual (Abstract) , Am. J. Physiol. 119:347-348 ( (June) ) 1937. 15. Perlman, H. B.; Goldinger, J. M., and Cales, J. O.: Electrolyte Studies in Ménière's Disease , Laryngoscope 63:640-651 ( (July) ) 1953. 16. Furstenberg, A. C.; Lashmet, F. H., and Lathrop, F.: Ménière's Symptom Complex: Medical Treatment , Ann. Otol. Rhin. & Laryng. 43:1035-1046 ( (Dec.) ) 1934. 17. Dederding, D.: Our Ménière Treatment (Principles and Results) , Acta oto-laryng. 16:404-415, 1931.

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