Jean-Baptiste Charcot and Brazil

Jean-Baptiste Charcot, a neurologist from the famous Salpêtrière school and a renowned maritime explorer, visited Brazil twice. The first visit was in 1903, when the first French Antarctic expedition, traveling aboard the ship Français, made a very short stopover in Recife, in the state of Pernambuc...

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Main Authors: Teive,Hélio Afonso Ghizoni, Lima,Carlos Frederico Leite de Souza, Lima,Plínio Marcos Garcia de, Germiniani,Francisco Manoel Branco, Munhoz,Renato Puppi
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO 2014
Subjects:
neurology
maritime
explorer
Antarctic
Brazil
Charcot
Pourquoi Pas
Pourquoi-Pas
Pourquoi-Pas?
SalpÊtriÈre
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2014000800640
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Summary:Jean-Baptiste Charcot, a neurologist from the famous Salpêtrière school and a renowned maritime explorer, visited Brazil twice. The first visit was in 1903, when the first French Antarctic expedition, traveling aboard the ship Français, made a very short stopover in Recife, in the state of Pernambuco. The second took place in 1908, during the famous voyage of the Pourquoi Pas? to the Antarctic, when Charcot and his crew stayed in the city of Rio de Janeiro for eight days.

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