Prosper Menière

Prosper Menière
Born(1799-06-18)18 June 1799
Angers, France
Died7 February 1862(1862-02-07) (aged 62)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Known forMénière's disease
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine

Prosper Menière (18 June 1799 – 7 February 1862) was a French medical doctor who first identified that the inner ear could be the source of a condition combining vertigo, hearing loss and tinnitus, which is now known as Ménière's disease.

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