Krishaber's disease

English

Etymology

Named after Hungarian-French physician Maurice Krishaber (1836-1883), who described the condition.

Noun

Krishaber's disease (uncountable)

Wikidata

1. (medicine, psychiatry) An anxiety disorder comprising symptoms of tachycardia, vertigo, and insomnia with no apparent physical cause; neurocirculatory asthenia.
   • 1877, J.A. Gasquet, “Italian Psychological Literature”, in Journal of Mental Science‎^[1], volume 22, number 100, page 632:

     Dr. Berti has described two cases of what seems to be now called “Krishaber’s disease”, and is really chronic vertigo, gradually increasing in intensity, and not connected with anæmia, epilepsy, or affection of the internal ear or stomach.

See also

• Da Costa's syndrome