Charcot and Brazil

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Charcot e o Brasil RESUMO -

A contribuição de Charcot para o estudo da síndrome de Tourette

“…Charcot's extensive contributions to neurology are exceedingly well-known, particularly those related to multiple sclerosis (or sclerosis in plaques according to Charcot's original definition), lateral amyotrophic sclerosis (or Charcot's disease), Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (or hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy, according to the current definition), motor ataxia, Parkinson's disease, and Tourette syndrome, among other diseases 7,8,[15][16][17] . Concerning to Ts, Charcot's contribution can be broken down into a number of different elements.…”

Jean-Baptiste Charcot and Brazil

“…Professor Charcot had connections with Dom Pedro II, the Brazilian emperor, both socially and in the medical field. In fact, Dom Pedro II invited Professor Charcot several times to come to Brazil, but unfortunately these invitations were declined 2,6 . However, Professor Charcot's son, the neurologist and maritime explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot, visited Brazil twice 7,8 .…”

Professor Abraham Akerman

“…In the nineteenth century, the Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris, France, was considered the mecca of neurology, and Professor Jean-Martin Charcot was considered the father of neurology [1][2][3][4] . The first professors of neurology in Brazil were Dr. Antonio Austregésilo, of the National College of Rio de Janeiro (1912), a pioneer in neurology and movement disorder studies, and Dr. Enjolras Vampré, in São Paulo (1925), who coordinated the neurology and psychiatry clinic at the São Paulo Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, later to become the Faculty of Medicine at the Universidade de São Paulo [1][2][3][4][5] . Both Austregésilo and Vampré trained in different neurology services in Paris, France, primarily in those coordinated by Charcot' s disciples, such as Pierre Marie, Babinski, and Dejerine [1][2][3]5 .…”