Pioneering the Concepts of Stereognosis and Polyradiculoneuritis: Octave Landry (1826-1865)

Walusinski, Olivier

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“…In 1859, Landry described 10 cases that presented with acute progressive ascending flaccid paralysis associated with minor sensory deficit, where two patients died of asphyxiation, and the others had a slow recovery. 1 In 1916, Guillain, Barre, and Strohl described two French soldiers with the same clinical features who were found to have a high cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) protein concentration but a normal cellular count. 2 This condition was termed GBS with Strohl's name being dropped for an unknown reason.…”

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Guillain–Barre Syndrome

Malek

Salameh

2019

Semin Neurol

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Guillain–Barre syndrome (GBS) is the leading cause of acute paralysis that can potentially affect all of the human population. GBS is believed to be an immune-mediated disease, possibly triggered by a recent infection, and driven by an immune attack targeting the peripheral nervous system. GBS can be divided into several subtypes depending on the phenotype, pathophysiology, and neurophysiological features. Unfortunately, morbidity and mortality rates are still high despite the current understanding of the pathophysiology and available treatment options. Additional research is still needed to shed more light into the pathogenesis for a better understanding and treatment of this condition.

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Guillain–Barre Syndrome

Malek

Salameh

2019

Semin Neurol

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“…Tactile agnosia is another term for astereognosis 11 . The latter condition was first described by Friedrich August Benjamin Puchelt (1784-1856) 9,10 . One of the authors (B.E.)…”

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“…This word was coined by Heinrich Hoffmann (1819-1891) and it is derived from the Greek στερεός, 'solid', and γιγνώσκω, 'to know'. The term astereognosis (or astereognosia) implies the absence or loss of this perception 9,10 . Tactile agnosia is another term for astereognosis 11 .…”

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The charming physician (El médico encantador): neurological conditions in a short story by Silvina Ocampo

Delgado-García

Rodríguez-Návarez

Estañol³

2017

Arq. Neuro-Psiquiatr.

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If a sufferer from tactile agnosia is given an object familiar to him in daily life, he can indicate that it feels cold and smooth and heavy, but not that it is a coin.-Cassirer, The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms, vol. 3The Argentinian author Silvina Ocampo (1903Ocampo ( -1993 (Figure) was born in Buenos Aires. It was there where she devoted herself to writing. Victoria Ocampo, her elder sister, was the founder of the renowned literary magazine Sur. Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares collaborated frequently in this magazine. In 1940, Silvina Ocampo and the latter were married. Ocampo masterfully practiced prose, poetry and translation 2 .Ocampo left us a vast body of works which are considered outstanding in many ways. Her literary quest was directed toward the act of finding meaning for that amorphous aspect of daily life that we often ignore. She shows us the marvelous and the terrible, not as part of the extraordinary incident, but rather of the Augustinian retirement of the very interiority 3 . In her youth, Ocampo studied painting in Paris with Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978 2 . The influence of this painter is patent in one of her poems entitled "Epístola a Giorgio de Chirico" (Epistle to Giorgio de Chirico), which was included years later in "Poemas de amor desesperado" (Poems of Desperate Love, 1949): "Lo que aún no pintó, para mí existe / con imágenes suyas en mis ojos" (What he had not yet painted, for me it ABSTRACTThe Argentinian author Silvina Ocampo left us a vast body of works which are considered outstanding in many ways. In 1960, she published a short story, entitled "El médico encantador" (The Charming Physician), in the renowned literary magazine Sur. The central character of this piece is a family doctor named Albino Morgan, who had a secret truth: in any house he visited, all variety of disease also entered. He brought with him the viruses he disseminated. The narrator of this short story-one of his patients-describes four of Morgan's diseases. These imaginary neurological conditions allowed Ocampo to explore improbable situations in everyday life.Keywords: neurology; medicine in literature; medicine in art; agnosia; sleep initiation and maintenance disorders RESUMO A autora argentina Silvina Ocampo deixou-nos uma vasta obra que é considerada excelente de várias maneiras. Em 1960, publicou um conto, intitulado "El médico encantador" (O médico encantador), na famosa revista literária Sur. O personagem principal desta obra é um médico de família chamado Albino Morgan que possuía uma verdade secreta: em qualquer casa que ele visitava, também entrava toda a diversidade de doenças. O narrador deste conto -um dos seus pacientes-descreve quatro das doenças de Morgan. Estas condições neurológicas imaginárias permitiu a Ocampo explorar as situações improváveis da vida quotidiana.Palabras-Clave: neurologia; medicina na literatura; medicina na arte; agnosia; distúrbios do início e da manutenção do sono

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“…Landry (1836-65) was an eminent 'neurologist' (Walusinski, 2013) and he had become head of the Maison d'Auteuil after a university career which had enabled him, among several works in the field of neurology, to describe the syndrome of ascending myelitis which still bears his name. It was a rest centre for high society, but it also received genuinely ill patients and, a few years later under Dr Beni-Barde, it became the foremost place for hydrotherapy treatment of general paralysis.…”

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“…It was a rest centre for high society, but it also received genuinely ill patients and, a few years later under Dr Beni-Barde, it became the foremost place for hydrotherapy treatment of general paralysis. Landry (1836-65) was an eminent 'neurologist' (Walusinski, 2013) and he had become head of the Maison d'Auteuil after a university career which had enabled him, among several works in the field of neurology, to describe the syndrome of ascending myelitis which still bears his name. Pelouze speaks of Landry as a friend of Marcé.…”

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Death of an alienist: Louis-Victor Marcé’s final year

2014

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The cause of death, at the age of 37, of Louis-Victor Marcé (1828-64), one of the most innovative alienists of the nineteenth century, was concealed by his contemporaries and colleagues. Recently it has been discovered that he committed suicide, but the circumstances and reasons for this were unknown. Information has now been found about his family, the events of the last year of his life and an unprecedented correspondence from his father-in-law, the chemist and academician Jules Pelouze, describing Marcé's condition during the last month of his life. All of these point towards a diagnosis of melancholy, for which none of the appropriate measures were taken, probably as a result of the ailing Marcé's social situation.

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Pioneering the Concepts of Stereognosis and Polyradiculoneuritis: Octave Landry (1826-1865)

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The charming physician (El médico encantador): neurological conditions in a short story by Silvina Ocampo

Death of an alienist: Louis-Victor Marcé’s final year

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