Charcot, Mitchell and Lees: neurology free thinkers and their experiences of psychoactive drugs



Document title: Charcot, Mitchell and Lees: neurology free thinkers and their experiences of psychoactive drugs
Journal: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000403737
ISSN: 0004-282X
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Universidade Federal do Parana, Hospital de Clinicas, Curitiba, Parana. Brasil
2University Health Network, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario. Canadá
Year:
Season: Dic
Volumen: 74
Number: 12
Pages: 1035-1038
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Histórico
English abstract Three world-famous neurologists, Charcot and Mitchell, in the 19th century, and Lees, in this century, all of whom had great scientific curiosity, experimented with the psychoactive drugs hashish, mescal and yagé, respectively, in an attempt to increase their knowledge of neurological diseases and how the brain works
Portuguese abstract Três mundialmente famosos neurologistas, Charcot e Mitchell, no século XIX, e Lees neste século, tiveram eles mesmos, experiências com drogas psico-ativas, com haxixe, mescalina e yagé, respectivamente, demonstrando a sua intensa curiosidade científica, na tentativa de aprimorar o seu conhecimento da função cerebral e das doenças neurológicas
Disciplines: Medicina
Keyword: Historia y filosofía de la medicina,
Neurología,
Psicotrópicos,
Cerebro,
Charcot, Jean Martin,
Mitchell, Silas Weir,
Lees, Andrew J,
Experimentación
Keyword: Medicine,
History and philosophy of medicine,
Neurology,
Psychotropic drugs,
Brain,
Charcot, Jean Martin,
Mitchell, Silas Weir,
Lees, Andrew J,
Experimentation
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