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The bipolarity of Alberto Santos-Dumont: flights and falls of the "Father of Aviation"

J. bras. psiquiatr; 71 (1), 2022
OBJECTIVE: Discussing the psychiatric diagnosis of Alberto Santos-Dumont, considered in Brazil to be the inventor of the airplane, who was admitted to psychiatric institutions several times and committed suicide. METHODS: A narrative review was carried out on the psychopathological manifestations he pres...

Henrique Dumont: how a traumatic brain injury contributed to the development of the airplane

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 77 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT The life and death of Henrique Dumont (1832-1892) is little known, being usually remembered as Alberto Santos-Dumont's father. This report describes the history of this Brazilian engineer, also known as the King of Coffee, who achieved enormous business success and fortune in the late nineteenth...