Jean-Baptiste Charcot, the French Antarctic expedition and scurvy



Document title: Jean-Baptiste Charcot, the French Antarctic expedition and scurvy
Journal: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000378437
ISSN: 0004-282X
Authors: 1
1
2
Institutions: 1Universidade Federal do Parana, Hospital de Clinicas, Curitiba, Parana. Brasil
2University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario. Canadá
Year:
Season: Jul
Volumen: 72
Number: 7
Pages: 562-563
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Histórico
English abstract During the second expedition to the South Pole, Commander Jean-Baptiste Charcot and some members of the crew of “Pourquoi Pas?” developed symptoms suggestive of scurvy. The clinical picture was totally reversed after dietary changes
Portuguese abstract Durante a segunda expedição polar do sul, o comandante Charcot e alguns membros da tripulação do “Porquoi Pas?” desenvolveram sintomas sugestivos de escorbuto. O quadro clínico foi totalmente reversível após modificações da dieta
Disciplines: Medicina,
Historia
Keyword: Historia y filosofía de la medicina,
Neurología,
Escorbuto,
Charcot, Jean Baptiste,
Expediciones
Keyword: Medicine,
History,
History and philosophy of medicine,
Neurology,
Scurvy,
Charcot, Jean Baptiste,
Expeditions
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