MOSTpatients with vertigo must receive non-specific treatment, either because curative
therapy for their particular diagnosis is not avail¬ able or because a specific diagnosis …

Motion sickness has been known since before recorded history and it is still very much with
us today. Graybiel" states that all persons with normal vestibular function are subject to …

Vertigo is not a disease, but a symptom. Therefore, the therapy of vertigo is primarily directed
at eliminating the underlying cause. In about half of the cases the cause will not become …

This brief overview will attempt to be comprehensive in the inclusion of drug groups, but will
use representative rather than exhaustive references. Complete reference lists are available …

In attempting to outline the clinical evaluation of these patients with vertigo we have
discussed examples which range in order from benign self-limited disease to those requiring …

Diazepam has been used empirically for the relief of vertigo and, in addition, there are
animal studies to suggest that this drug suppresses the vestibular system. One might …

MOTION sickness represents a response to a particular pattern of vestibular discharges
which are generated chiefly in the utriculus of the labyrinth and stimulate pathways through …

IN DISCUSSING vertigo it is of paramount importance to state first what vertigo is. Vertigo is
not a disease; it is a symptom, nothing more, nothing less. It is the symptom indicating a lack …

The labyrinthine complex composed of the vestibular and auditory end organs and housed
within the temporal bone has remained inaccessible for too long insofar as objective …

METHOD One hundred and four white, normal senior medical students, graduate nurses,
and medical faculty members of the University of Pennsylvania served as subjects. Their …