Letters from Dom Pedro II to professor Brown-Séquard: imperial correspondence and neurophysiology



Document title: Letters from Dom Pedro II to professor Brown-Séquard: imperial correspondence and neurophysiology
Journal: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000349747
ISSN: 0004-282X
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Universidade Federal do Parana, Hospital de Clinicas, Curitiba, Parana. Brasil
2University College London, Institute of Neurology, Londres. Reino Unido
Year:
Season: Ago
Volumen: 70
Number: 8
Pages: 633-636
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Nota breve o noticia
Approach: Histórico, descriptivo
English abstract The authors have analyzed the content of a selection of letters written by Dom Pedro II, the Emperor of Brazil, and sent to Doctor Charles Brown-Séquard, the famous neurologist, between 1876 and 1885. The content of those letters focuses mainly on his wife's, Princess Thereza Cristina, health issues and Dom Pedro's personal desire to foster the research into the physiological study of the nervous system
Portuguese abstract Os autores analisaram o conteúdo de cartas selecionadas escritas por Dom Pedro II, o Imperador do Brasil, entre 1876 e 1885, e dirigidas ao Doutor Brown-Séquard, um famoso neurofisiologista. O conteúdo das cartas versa principalmente sobre os problemas de saúde da esposa do Imperador, a Princesa Thereza Cristina, bem como sobre seu interesse em fomentar a pesquisa no estudo fisiológico do sistema nervoso
Disciplines: Medicina
Keyword: Neurología,
Historia de la medicina,
Neurofisiología,
Investigación médica
Keyword: Medicine,
Neurology,
History of medicine,
Neurophysiology,
Medical research
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