John Hughlings Jackson: um neurologista inglês / John Hughlings Jackson: a British neurologist
Rev. bras. neurol
; 50(4): 91-94, out.-dez. 2014. tab
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RESUMO
John Hughlings Jackson tornou-se médico e neurologista por uma via atípica e sem frequentar qualquer universidade. Entretanto, sua mente brilhante e a admirável capacidade de trabalho levaram-no a produzir conhecimentos que repercutem até os dias de hoje, nas áreas do diagnóstico neurológico, epilepsia, localização cerebral, níveis evolucionários do sistema nervoso e sua hierarquia, entre outros. Diversas das condições que descreveu foram designadas com seu nome. É admirável que essa produção médico-científica tenha sido baseada inteiramente na sua aguçada capacidade de observação clínica. Foi a personalidade que mudou a neurologia inglesa, dando-lhe um status que carecia no meio nacional e internacional. É considerado o "pai" da neurologia inglesa.
ABSTRACT
John Hughlings Jackson became a physician and neurologist through an atypical way, and without attending any university. However, his brilliant mind and amazing capacity for work led him to produce knowledge that resounds until the present days, in areas of neurological diagnosis, epilepsy, brain localization, evolutionary levels of the nervous system and their hierarchies, among others. Several conditions that he described were named after him. It is admirable that this medical-scientyphic production was founded entirely in his sharp ability of clinical observation. He was the personality that changedthe English neurology providing a status it lacked in the national and international milieu. He is considered the "father" of the English neurology.
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01-internacional
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LILACS
Main subject:
Education, Medical
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Nervous System Diseases
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Neurology
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Neurophysiology
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Pt
Journal:
Rev. bras. neurol
Journal subject:
NEUROLOGIA
Year:
2014
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Country of publication:
Brazil