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Vincent van Gogh, whose artistic brilliance and supposed madness have made him a focus of popular fascination, suffered not from epilepsy or insanity but from an inner-ear disorder that causes vertigo and ringing ears, a new analysis of his letters suggests. ... "Van Goghs handwritten statements describing his attacks and his illness are compelling evidence for a diagnosis of Menieres disease and not epilepsy," the authors concluded. The Menieres disease theory, put forward by specialists at the International Menieres Disease Research Institute and others, is the latest in a series of explanations offered for Van Goghs erratic behavior, including his suicide at 37 and a now famous incident in which he sliced off one of his ears.
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