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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2017; 75(11): 827-829
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282X20170144
Historical Note

Requiem for a neurologist: the funeral rites of Jean-Martin Charcot

Réquiem para um neurologista: os ritos do funeral de Jean-Martin Charcot
Hélio Afonso Ghizoni Teive
1   Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Serviço de Neurologia, Curitiba PR, Brasil;
,
Paula Marques
1   Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Serviço de Neurologia, Curitiba PR, Brasil;
,
Francisco Manoel Branco Germiniani
1   Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Serviço de Neurologia, Curitiba PR, Brasil;
,
Olivier Walusinski
2   GeneralPractice, Brou, France
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ABSTRACT

Jean-Martin Charcot, the founder of modern neurology and leading figure in international neurology in the 19th century, died on August 16, 1893, in the province of Morvan in the French countryside, at the age of 67. The funeral service was held in Paris at the La Salpêtrière Hospital, and Charcot was buried in Montmartre cemetery in the same city.

RESUMO

Jean-Martin Charcot, o fundador da moderna neurologia e figura exponencial da neurologia mundial no século XIX, faleceu no dia 16 de agosto de 1893, na província de Morvan, no interior da França, aos 67 anos de idade. O serviço funerário foi realizado em Paris, no hospital de La Salpêtrière e o enterro ocorreu no cemitério Montmartre, também em Paris.

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neurology - Jean-Martin Charcot - history

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neurologia - Jean-Martin Charcot - história


Publication History

Received: 06 August 2017

Accepted: 08 August 2017

Article published online:
01 September 2023

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