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"The books and the night", neurological perspective on Jorge Luis Borges' blindness

Castillo-Torres, Sergio A; Garza-Marichalar, José G; Soto-Rincón, Carlos A; Cantú-García, Diego A; Estrada-Bellmann, Ingrid E; Chávez-Luévanos, Beatriz E.
Gac. méd. Méx; 155 (5), 2019
The works of Argentinian scholar Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) have captivated physicians. An assiduous reader, he was given, with magnificent irony, "books and the night". Borges suffered from chronic and irreversible blindness, which influenced much of his work and has been the subject of different lit...
Argentina, Autobiografías como Asunto, Ceguera/etiología, Ceguera/historia, Lesiones Traumáticas del Encéfalo/complicaciones, Lesiones Traumáticas del Encéfalo/historia, Personajes, Poesía como Asunto/historia, Escritura/historia
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Schreber e a escrita: transcrição do delírio e seus efeitos de estabilização

Guaraná, Bruna Musacchio; Vieira, Marcus André.
Psicol. Estud. (Online); 23 (), 2018
RESUMO. A partir do paradigmático caso freudiano, baseado no livro de Schreber, o artigo destaca a importância, para o autor, da redação e sobretudo a posterior publicação do seu livro autobiográfico Memórias de um Doente dos Nervos (1905/1984). A ênfase do artigo recairá tanto na atividade de ...
Escritura/historia, Delirio/rehabilitación, Estabilización de la Matéria Orgánica/métodos, Psicoanálisis/métodos, Trastornos Psicóticos/psicología, Teoría Freudiana/historia, Libido/fisiología, Homosexualidad/psicología, Alucinaciones/psicología
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The charming physician (El médico encantador): neurological conditions in a short story by Silvina Ocampo

Delgado-García, Guillermo; Rodríguez-Návarez, Carolina; Estañol, Bruno.
Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 75 (11), 2017
ABSTRACT The Argentinian author Silvina Ocampo (1903-1993) left us a vast body of works which are considered outstanding in many ways. In 1960, she published a short story, entitled "El médico encantador" (The Charming Physician), in the renowned literary magazine Sur. The central character of this piec...
Argentina, Medicina en la Literatura, Neurología, Escritura/historia
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Scott Fitzgerald: famous writer, alcoholism and probable epilepsy

Wolski, Mariana M; Paola, Luciano de; Teive, Hélio A G.
Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 75 (1), 2017
ABSTRACT Scott Fitzgerald, a world-renowned American writer, suffered from various health problems, particularly alcohol dependence, and died suddenly at the age of 44. According to descriptions in A Moveable Feast, by Ernest Hemingway, Fitzgerald had episodes resembling complex partial seizures, raising...
Alcoholismo/historia, Epilepsia del Lóbulo Temporal/historia, Personajes, Estados Unidos, Escritura/historia
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