The Emperor Dom Pedro II: his convulsive seizures when a boy

Gomes, Marleide da Mota; Fontenelle, L.

doi:10.1590/s0004-282x2007000700034

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“…The frequency of epileptic seizures and syndromes alike in Dom Pedro I's family was recognized [2][3][4][5] . We recover the historical royal family reports to illustrate the epilepsy medical knowledge of that time.…”

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Epileptic events in the XIX century as reported by the Brazilian Royal Family

Gomes

Maia-Filho

2010

Arq. Neuro-Psiquiatr.

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Members of the Brazilian Royal Family carry a rich medical history of epileptic seizures and alike. Objective: To present the medical knowledge about epilepsy by the time of the Brazilian Empire, as reported by the royal family. Method: Narrative review of historical facts about D. Pedro I's family health. results: The Royal Family, since D. João VI's generation is full of members with epilepsy or acute symptomatic seizures of different etiologies. conclusion: The reported cases suggest that Dom Pedro I's family presented epilepsy with tonic-clonic generalized seizures, besides psychogenic, organic non epileptic events and acute symptomatic seizures. As a whole, this familial epilepsy could fit the diagnosis of generalized epilepsy with febrile convulsion plus.

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Epileptic events in the XIX century as reported by the Brazilian Royal Family

Gomes

Maia-Filho

2010

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“…He was precociously aged and responsible for a throne 16 . Lyra 6 remembers that, when he was 60 years old, in 1885, all his appearance was of an old septuagenarian.…”

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The decline of Dom Pedro II's empire and health: neurophatogenic implications

Gomes

2007

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-The main objective of this paper is to know the medical doctors of the Emperor, the preconized treatment, and the knowledge about diabetes at that time, its repercussions on the Emperor´s nervous system, and the related political implications. A narrative revision was made, based on primary and secondary sources. Dom Pedro II was examined by the aristocracy of the medicine at the time, especially Jean-Martin Charcot, amongst the doctors of international reputation, and Cláudio Velho da Motta Maia, amongst the Brazilian doctors. Charcot diagnosed in the Monarch: mental stress, diabetic neuropathy, and a cerebral vascular lesion, probably a stroke, that he differentiated from other vascular obliterations elsewhere. He demonstrated his knowledge about diabetic neuropathy, possible topographical alternatives to justify the urinary incontinence, and Dom Pedro´s weakness in the legs. Throughout his illness, Dom Pedro II presented others manifestations that contributed to his physical fragility, and that, certainly too, to his political decline, deposition and the proclamation of the Brazilian Republic.KEY WORDS: diabetes, diabetic neuropathies, stroke, history, Brazil. O declínio do império e da saúde de Dom Pedro II: implicações neuropatogênicasRESUMO -O objetivo principal deste artigo é conhecer os médicos do Imperador, o tratamento preconizado e o conhecimento da ocasião sobre o diabetes, principalmente sobre suas repercussões no sistema nervoso do imperador e suas implicações políticas. Isso foi feito por uma revisão narrativa, baseado em fontes primárias e secundárias. Dom Pedro II foi examinado na ocasião pela aristocracia da medicina, a ressaltar Jean-Martin Charcot, dentre os médicos de reputação internacional, e Cláudio Velho da Motta Maia, dentre os brasileiros. Charcot diagnosticou no Monarca, além de tensão mental, neuropatia diabética e quadro vascular cerebral que ele diferenciou de outras obliterações vasculares em localizações diversas. Ele demonstrou o seu conhecimento sobre a neuropatia diabética, possíveis alternativas topográficas para justificar a incontinência urinária e a fraqueza nas pernas. Dom Pedro II, ao longo da sua doença, apresentou uma sé-rie de manifestações que contribuíram para a sua fragilidade física e certamente também para o seu declí-nio político, deposição e proclamação da República no Brasil.

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“…6,11 Shortly after, on 29 December 1889 the 67year old Empress died in the city of Porto. 11,12 She suffered frail health and suffered from asthma and depression. 9 She regretted not being able to return to Brazil, the land she learned to love.…”

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“…2 From childhood he suffered seizures as did his predecessors and his descendants and he suffered excessive sleepiness although a neurological explanation was not found. 2,12,13 Diabetic, he was referred to important doctors in Europe including Charles Bouchard (1837-1915), Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893) and Brown-Se´quard. 7,13,14,15 In 1891 Dom Pedro II died of pneumonia, in exile in Paris.…”

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The physician, the Emperor and the fibromyalgia: Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard (1817–1894) and Dom Pedro II (1825–1891) of Brazil

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Oliveira²,

Mota³

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The physician Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard was a neurologist of considerable importance. In 1846 his thesis 'Researches and Experiments on the Physiology of the Spinal Cord' brought out knowledge about the sensory pathways which remains until today. The Emperor, Dom Pedro II was the second and last Emperor of Brazil, reigning for 49 years and remembered for defending the nation's integrity, the end of slavery, support for education and culture, diplomacy and relations with international personalities. He married Dona Teresa Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1822-1889) by proxy in 1843, the fourth and last Empress consort of Brazil. This paper reports the exchange of letters between these personalities of the XIX century. Although they lived far from each other and worked in areas so different, they discussed the health of the Empress in letters. Dom Pedro II made contact with Brown-Séquard hoping that ' … your knowledge shall help heal my wife of nervous disease … . ' According to Dom Pedro the Empress suffered ' … for a long time with more or less long interruptions of horrible neuralgic pains in the legs, head and the scalp. Two points on the dorsal spine feel the effects more or less with pressure applied … . ' In addition to describing and documenting the exchange of letters, this paper raises the possibility that the Empress suffered from the fibromyalgia syndrome.

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The Emperor Dom Pedro II: his convulsive seizures when a boy

Cited by 6 publications

References 4 publications

Epileptic events in the XIX century as reported by the Brazilian Royal Family

Epileptic events in the XIX century as reported by the Brazilian Royal Family

The decline of Dom Pedro II's empire and health: neurophatogenic implications

The physician, the Emperor and the fibromyalgia: Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard (1817–1894) and Dom Pedro II (1825–1891) of Brazil

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