Jonathan Swift y su contribución científica en "Los viajes de Gulliver" / Jonathan Swift's scientific contribution on his "Gulliver's Travels"
Rev. méd. Chile
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139(3): 395-399, mar. 2011. ilus
Article
in Spanish
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ABSTRACT
Jonathan Swift is one of the most celebrated satirist writers in literature. His well-known "Gulliver's Travels", apartfrom being a serious human being criticism, contains many interesting ana unrecognized comments about medical and other scientific facts. Swift made what seems to be thefirst account of a dementing illness in the elderly; his description fits well with what we now know as Alzheimer's disease. He also described a condition now called synaesthesia, a very interestingphenomenon that may contribute to creativity. In thispaper, we review aspects ofhis Ufe and reveal these amazing descriptions as samples of Swift's extraordinary power of observation.
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Main subject:
Famous Persons
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Alzheimer Disease
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Literature, Modern
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Medicine in Literature
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2011
Type:
Article
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Project document
Affiliation country:
Chile
Institution/Affiliation country:
Clínica Alemana/CL
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Clínica Las Condes/CL
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