Jean-Baptiste Charcot and Brazil

• 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

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...