Abstract
Menière showed much interest in the relationship between vertigo and migraine in his Translator’s additions in Kramer’s textbook of otology (1848). In Menière’s report of 1861, he declared that migraines originated from lesions of the semicircular canals. Based upon the four bibliographies comprising theses by Voury (1874), Morisset (1878), Bertrand (1874) and Woakes’s paper (1878), a total of 67 cases of Menière’s disease was collected. Among these 67cases, 13 cases including headache and heavy sensation of the head were noted amounting to 19% of all. Another 9eminent textbooks of otology such as Tröltsch (1868), Gellé (1885), Politzer (1893), Ménière (1895, son of Menière) and others referred neither to migraine nor headache. It seems, at least in the 19th century, the connection of migraine in Menière’s disease was not clearly comprehended. The major monographs on migraine were reviewed as to migraines related to vertigo. Vertigo played a minor role as an occasional prodromal sign. Mène’s textbook on otology (1860) was introduced since Menière gave priority to Mène as having noted coexistence of vertigo with migraine.
