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What's in a name? Problems, facts and controversies regarding neurological eponyms

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 74 (5), 2016
ABSTRACT The use of eponyms in neurology remains controversial, and important questions have been raised about their appropriateness. Different approaches have been taken, with some eponyms being excluded, others replaced, and new ones being created. An example is Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome, which has b...

Territorios de mayor vulnerabilidad social en la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires: Recorrido en perspectiva histórica sobre aspectos estructurales no resueltos

A pesar de los avances de las últimas décadas, en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires persisten situaciones de desigualdad y de fragmentación del territorio urbano. Es la zona sur el territorio en el que viven los grupos sociales más vulnerables y donde se concentra un conjunto de derechos incumplidos; allí, ...

Identidad e institucionalidad de las enfermeras chilenas en la mitad del siglo XX
Identity and institutional framework of chilean nurses in the mid-twentieth century

Cienc. enferm; 22 (1), 2016
Chile vivência durante las décadas de los 70 y 80 del siglo XX un giro total en la política, vida social y en la economía de la nación, lo que provocó cambios profundos en los actores sociales del país. Para esta investigación el actor social observado fueron las enfermeras, siendo el objetivo qu...

The middle ages contributions to cardiovascular medicine

Abstract The historical period called the Middle Ages, a long interval between the 5th and the 15th centuries, is still commonly known as the Dark Ages, especially in the area of health sciences. In the last decades, this "classic" view of the Middle Ages has been gradually modified with advances in hist...

Influência dos modelos inovadores paulistas na Política Brasileira de Saúde Mental

Rev. bras. enferm; 69 (2), 2016
RESUMO Objetivo: analisar a influência de duas experiências paulistas na escolha do centro de atenção psicossocial como serviço norteador da política nacional de Saúde Mental. Método: pesquisa qualitativa, exploratório-descritiva que utilizou a história oral Resultados: foram entrevistados o...

150 years of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland": some considerations about the Cheshire cat and neuropsychiatric phenomena

Rev. bras. neurol; 52 (1), 2016
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, is a psychedelic dream tale apparently made for amusement. But, many speculations may be raised about its characters and phenomena created by a devout, learned and imaginative mathematician/logistician. Some issues ...

Historical distribution of central nervous system tumors in the Mexican National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery

Salud pública Méx; 58 (2), 2016
Abstract Objective: To determine the frequency of central nervous system (CNS) tumors in the first fifty years of the National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery of Mexico Manuel Velasco Suárez (Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía de México, INNN) from 1965 to 2014. Materials and m...

Premio Nobel en Fisiología o Medicina 2015: Tradición y modernidad en la lucha contra los parásitos
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015. Tradition and modernity in the fight against parasites

Medicina (B.Aires); 76 (2), 2016

Historia de la escrófula: de la discrasia humoral a la consunción

Rev. méd. Chile; 144 (4), 2016
The term “scrofula” was used for a long time to designate a chronic swelling of cervical lymph nodes. This paper outlines the prevalent ideas on the nature, pathogenesis and the treatment of this disorder, from classical Greek medicine up to the 18th century. A Hippocratic treatise regarded scrofula as...