Marcel Lermoyez

Marcel Lermoyez ( born July 24, 1858 in Cambrai, † February 1, 1929 in Paris) was a French ear, nose and throat doctor. He was probably the single most influential person in the establishment of the ear, nose and throat medicine as a separate medical specialty in France. The Lermoyez syndrome, a variant of Meniere's disease is named after him.

Life

Marcel Lermoyez was born the son of a road and bridge construction engineer. At age 16, he was an orphan. A certain Leblane, a member of the Institute of Archaeology, took over the guardianship of the excellent and above all musically gifted student who wrote, among other things, an opera.

Lermoyez studied medicine in Paris and received his doctorate 1886. 1892 he founded the journal Annales des Maladies of Oreilles et du larynx. In that year he went to Vienna to specialize under Adam Politzer for ENT doctor. In 1896 he opened a private clinic in the same field, and in 1898 a station at the Hôpital Saint -Antoine, he was set up. Although he never received an official teaching, this department attracted many students. After his son had died in 1923 at the suffered in World War I injuries, he retired to his own death entirely back.

Publications

Marcel Lermoyez published over most aspects of his discipline: the most significant writings were concerned with tuberculosis of the ear, otosclerosis and otogenic meningitis. He was also a gifted surgeon who is not backed away from operations of brain abscesses, Sinusphlebitiden and meningitis. In 1910 he was elected as the second ear, nose and throat doctor after Prosper Ménière in the medical academy.

Besides his own publications he wrote for " General Pathology " ( Traité de pathology générale ) by Charles Joseph Bouchard, "Applied Therapy" ( Traité de thérapeutique appliquée ) by Pierre Robin and "teething troubles" ( Traité des maladies de l' enfance ) by Jacques -Joseph Grancher and Jules Comby ( 1853-1947 ).