scholarly journals Jean-Martin Charcot, 29 November 1825

1998 ◽  
Vol 74 (877) ◽  
pp. 661-661
Author(s):  
D G James
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2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans-Peter Ludin

<P>1817 hat der englische Arzt James Parkinson in <I>An Essay on the Shaking Palsy </I>das Krankheitsbild, das heute seinen Namen trägt, erstmals beschrieben. Zittern (Tremor) und Bewegungsstörung (Akinese) waren zwar schon lange bekannt. Parkinson hat aber erkannt, dass die Symptome Teil einer einzigen Krankheit sind. Rund 50 Jahre später hat Jean-Martin Charcot in Paris das klinische Bild vervollständigt und auch erste Therapieversuche gemacht.</P> <P>Zahlreiche Forscher und Ärzte haben sich in der Folge um die Hintergründe und die Behandlung der Krankheit bemüht. Einen riesigen Schritt vorwärts hat in Wien Oleh Hornykiewicz mit dem Nachweis eines stark verminderten Gehalts der Überträgersubstanz Dopamin in bestimmten Hirnarealen der Betroffenen ermöglicht. Mit der Anwendung der Vorläufersubstanz L-Dopa durch Oleh Hornykiewicz und Walther Birkmayer in Wien und durch George Cotzias in New York konnte vor gut 50 Jahren erstmals eine symptomatische Therapie eingeführt werden, die das Schicksal der Patienten stark verbessert hat. Die Lebensqualität der Betroffenen ist seither viel höher und ihre Lebenserwartung hat sich praktisch normalisiert. Angefeuert durch diesen Erfolg hat das wissenschaftliche Interesse am Parkinsonsyndrom noch einmal stark zugenommen. Trotz vieler Fortschritte ist die Ursache der Krankheit immer noch umstritten und eine ursächliche Behandlung, die eine Heilung brächte, ist noch nicht in Sicht. Nicht einmal Parkinsons Hoffnung, dass das Fortschreiten der Krankheit bald aufgehalten werden könne («there appears to be sufficient reason for hoping that some remedial process may were long be discovered, by which, at least, the progress of the disease may be stopped»), hat sich nach 200 Jahren erfüllt.</P>


2013 ◽  
Vol 71 (5) ◽  
pp. 327-329
Author(s):  
Francisco M. B. Germiniani ◽  
Adriana Moro ◽  
Renato P. Munhoz ◽  
Hélio A. G. Teive

Professor Jean-Martin Charcot is considered the most important professor of Neurology and also the head of the Salpêtrière School of Neurology. In a famous picture painted by André Brouillet and presented at the Salon of 1887, under the title "A clinical lesson at the Salpêtrière", Professor Charcot presents a case of hysteria to a large audience of physicians and renowned intellectuals. Copies of this guided picture are also available for sale at the shop of the Museum of the School of Medicine of Paris and are frequently used in lectures by neurologists worldwide. However, in these reproductions, Gilles de la Tourette's and Charles Féré's positions are inverted. This historical note sheds some light on this little mistake in some of the reproductions of Brouillet's famous painting, so that further confusion can be avoided.


2008 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 918-921 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hélio A.G. Teive ◽  
Hsin Fen Chien ◽  
Renato Puppi Munhoz ◽  
Egberto Reis Barbosa
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Revisamos a história da síndrome de Tourette, com ênfase a contribuição de Jean-Martin Charcot.


Author(s):  
Elke Van Nieuwenhuyze

The aim of this article is to trace the referential value of juffrouw Lina (1888)as part of its narrative organisation by means of the narrativist historical theoryof Frank Ankersmit. This starting point demands a confrontation of thisnaturalist novel by Marcellus Emants with the contemporary medical biographyof the French writer and politician Chateaubriand by the Belgian physicianErnest Masoin on the one hand and with some case studies of hystericsby the famous French docter Jean-Martin Charcot on the other hand. lt willbe argued that the narrativity of the novel plays a key-role in the constructionof its referential value on various levels.


Author(s):  
Lee Xenakis Blonder

Abstract Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder, affecting up to 10 million people worldwide according to the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation. Epidemiological and genetic studies show a preponderance of idiopathic cases and a subset linked to genetic polymorphisms of a familial nature. Traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurveda recognized and treated the illness that Western Medicine terms PD millennia ago, and descriptions of Parkinson’s symptomatology by Europeans date back 2000 years to the ancient Greek physician Galen. However, the Western nosological classification now referred to in English as “Parkinson’s disease” and the description of symptoms that define it, are accredited to British physician James Parkinson, who in 1817 authored The Shaking Palsy. Later in the nineteenth century, French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot re-labeled paralysis agitans “Parkinson’s disease” and over a century of scientific research ensued. This review discusses European, North American, and Asian contributions to the understanding and treatment of PD from ancient times through the twentieth century.


Author(s):  
Olivier Walusinski

Although the framework of neurological nosography was established during the second half of the nineteenth century, with Jean-Martin Charcot and his Salpêtrière School playing a major role, therapies for the recently identified diseases remained relatively ineffective. Since many Parkinson’s patients reported an improvement in their condition after being violently shaken during travel in mail carriages, Charcot recycled an old treatment method based on a vibratory armchair, assigning the preliminary study to Gilles de la Tourette, who tried to extend the technique to other pathologies by using a vibratory helmet. Another technique recommended by Charcot for treating tabes patients was “suspension,” thought to elongate the spinal cord. The related therapeutic tests in France and Europe are discussed in detail. Gilles de la Tourette made significant use of suspension at the time. The author compares his reports with the scientific challenges to his techniques and examines the resulting discussions.


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