The Discovery of Salicylate Ototoxicity

Vol. 13, No. 1, 2008

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Original Paper

The Discovery of Salicylate Ototoxicity
Rosario Marchese-Ragona^a, Gino Marioni^a, Piero Marson^b, Alessandro Martini^c, Alberto Staffieri^a

^aSection of Otolaryngology, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, University of Padova,
^bApheresis Unit, Blood Bank, University Hospital of Padova, Padova, and
^cAudiology and ENT Clinical Institute, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Address of Corresponding Author

Audiol Neurotol 2008;13:34-36 (DOI: 10.1159/000107469)

Key Words

Salicylate ototoxicity
Tinnitus
Hearing loss
Cesare Bertagnini

Abstract

Although the name of the discoverer of salicylate ototoxicity is still debated, most authors have quoted Müller and his 1877 report. To the best of our knowledge, the true discoverer of the transient ototoxicity of salicylate was the Italian chemist Cesare Bertagnini who reported this evidence in 1855 in the journal Il Nuovo Cimento.

Author Contacts

Rosario Marchese-Ragona
Section of Otolaryngology, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties
University of Padova, Via Giustiniani 2
IT-35100 Padova (Italy)
Tel. +39 049 8218 626, Fax +39 049 8752 266, E-Mail rmr@unipd.it

Article Information

Received: April 25, 2007
Accepted: May 4, 2007
Published online: August 22, 2007
Number of Print Pages : 3
Number of Figures : 2, Number of Tables : 0, Number of References : 11

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