OBJECTIVES: the objective in this study is to identify the profile of the nursing staff, the work conditions and to describe nursing care at a sanatorium located in Barcelona, Spain between 1943 and 1975. METHOD: historical study undertaken between 2008 and 2010, based on oral sources, five direct and on...
El doctor Manuel Serafín Johnson Larralde se incorporó a la docencia en la Universidad de La Habana y al ejercicio de la profesión inmediatamente después de su graduación como doctor en Farmacia en 1883. Se presentan los principales datos sobre su trayectoria estudiantil en esa institución, la cual...
Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most celebrated writers of all time. He published several masterpieces, some of which include references to neurological diseases. Poe suffered from recurrent depression, suggesting a bipolar disorder, as well as alcohol and drug abuse, which in fact led to his death from c...
The record of the first cases of leprosy in Rio de Janeiro dates from the seventeenth century. The first local host of leprosy patients was created from 1741, and the first colonies hospitals were built in the early twentieth century, in order to avoid contagion of the population. The first structures de...
The attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), considered a common cause of disorders in children and adolescents, is a neurobiological condition characterized by inattention and disorganization, hyperactivity and impulsivity. The first reports emerged in the sixteenth century and since then a proc...
A ideia de que o córtex cerebral é composto de áreas funcionalmente distintas não foi seriamente considerada pelos cientistas até o século XIX. Treze anos antes de Pierre Paul Broca apresentar suas considerações a respeito da associação da afasia com a lesão no lobo frontal (1861), um acidente...
