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The "Table of mineral classification" by Oscar Nerval de Gouvêa: mineralogy and medicine in Brazil

Abstract Oscar Nerval de Gouvêa was a scientist and teacher in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, whose work spanned engineering, medicine, the social sciences, and law. This paper presents and discusses a manuscript entitled "Table of mineral classification," which he appended to his dissertation Da receptividade...

James Parkinson and his essay on "shaking palsy", two hundred years later

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 75 (9), 2017
ABSTRACT In 1817, British physician James Parkinson published a 66-page document entitled "Essay on the Shaking Palsy". This brief text became a classical and fundamental piece in the history of medicine and, in particular, of neurology. The authors of this article wish to pay tribute to this great pione...

Paul Deshayes (1796-1875) e a Comissao Geologica do Reino: uma colaboracao com o Estado portugues

Carlos Ribeiro, um dos diretores da Comissão Geológica de Portugal, empreendeu em 1858 viagem por vários países da Europa, para adquirir bibliografia, equipamentos e coleções de comparação. Em Paris, conheceu o reputado conquiliologista Paul Deshayes, que lhe franqueou suas coleções pessoais do...