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Surgical cancer care in the COVID-19 era: front line views and consensus

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 47 (), 2020
ABSTRACT Objective: to suggest a script for surgical oncology assistance in COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. Method: a narrative review and a "brainstorming" consensus were carried out after discussion with more than 350 Brazilian specialists and renowned surgeons from Portugal, France, Italy and United ...

Overcoming bashfulness: how cocaine aided Freud to summon the courage to meet Charcot

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 77 (11), 2019
ABSTRACT Jean-Martin Charcot, the most celebrated neurologist of the 19th century, had a profound influence on Sigmund Freud's career. Freud spent the winter of 1885-1886 working in Charcot's neurology department in Paris. During this period, he went to Charcot's house on several occasions to participate...

140 Years of the Leçons sur l'histologie du système nerveux: the pioneering description of the nodes of Ranvier

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 77 (10), 2019
ABSTRACT This paper reviews aspects of the life and work of Professor Louis Ranvier 140 years after the publication of Leçons sur l'histologie du système nerveux, published in 1878, and shows the importance of the histological description of myelinated fibers of the nodes of Ranvier....

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...

Guillain, Barraquer and I

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 76 (2), 2018
ABSTRACT The year 2016 was the centennial anniversary of the recognition of the Guillain-Barré syndrome, which was first described by George Guillain, Jean-Alexandre Barré and André Strohl. In celebration of the centennial, this historical review describes aspects of the contributions of Guillain and ...

Augusta Marie Déjerine-Klumpke: much more than just Déjerine's wife

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 76 (2), 2018
ABSTRACT Augusta Marie Déjerine-Klumpke (1859-1927) was a formidable neurologist, neuroanatomist and researcher in France. One of the first women to be accepted for medical internship, externship and research in Paris, Augusta made her name studying and teaching anatomy, histology and dissection, attend...

Charcot's irony and sarcasm

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 75 (6), 2017
ABSTRACT Jean-Martin Charcot is considered the father of modern neurology and was the first neurologist to hold a professorship of international stature devoted to the study of the diseases of the nervous system. His biographers paint an image of an austere presence, reserved manner, shyness, economy of ...

The challenges of diversity in the classroom: a study on narrative performances of immigrant children

Cad. CEDES; 37 (101), 2017
RESUMO: Este artigo procura refletir sobre performances narrativas produzidas por crianças imigrantes em um contexto escolar marcado por intensa diversidade cultural. A análise foi fundamentada nos dados obtidos por meio da pesquisa etnográfico-propositiva intitulada Pequenos Narradores, realizada ent...