The neurology behind three wounded French artists during the great world war / A neurologia por trás de três artistas franceses feridos durante a grande guerra mundial

Abstract A unique association joins Guillaume Apollinaire, Blaise Cendrars and Louis Ferdinand Céline. Besides being great exponents of French literature, they were all neurologically wounded during the First World War. Apollinaire had a traumatic brain injury, Cendrars developed phantom limb neuropathic pain and Céline presented radial nerve paralysis. There is quite an evidence that supports that their artistic output was also influenced by acquired neurological conditions during the war. The examples of these three French authors reveal the surprising intimacy Neurology can share with art and history.

Resumo Uma associação única une Guillaume Apollinaire, Blaise Cendrars e Louis Ferdinand Céline. Além de serem grandes expoentes da literatura francesa, todos eles foram feridos neurologicamente durante a Primeira Guerra Mundial. Apollinaire sofreu traumatismo cranioencefálico, Cendrars desenvolveu dor neuropática do membro fantasma e Céline apresentou paralisia do nervo radial. Há bastantes evidências que sustentam que a sua produção artística também foi influenciada pelas condições neurológicas adquiridas durante a guerra. Os exemplos desses três autores franceses revelam a surpreendente intimidade que a neurologia pode compartilhar com a arte e a história.

Santos y beatos de la medicina en las grandes guerras del siglo XX

In the political and social context of World War periods and unstoppable technological advances, health professionals in the early twentieth century tried to orientate the practice of medicine towards a modern anthropological concept close to the biomedical perspective, which defends the dignity of a person. Threatened by the risks represented by collectivism and the meanness of the prevailing repressive governments, a personal struggle for the defense of life aroused, which was socially expressed by the advent of bioethics, psychoanalytic theories and the concept that environment has an important role in peoples health and welfare. And above all, the appearance of a paradoxical claim of religious ideals as support of science in times of overall crisis.

La Primera Guerra Mundial y su impacto en la psiquiatría / World War I and its impact on psychiatry

En julio del 2014 se recuerdan 100 años del inicio de la Primera Guerra Mundial, conflicto que tuvo un enorme impacto político y social en todo el orbe. Los casos de neurosis de guerra generados por las duras condiciones del frente de batalla suscitaron un gran interés para la psiquiatría y la psicología.

On July 2014 we commemorate 100 years since the start of World War I, a conflict that had enormous political and social impact around the globe. The cases of war neurosis generated by the harsh conditions of the battlefront aroused considerable interest for psychiatry and psychology.