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Published on: December 8, 2014
Professor Faustino Esposel: Neurology, football and spiritualism
Luiz Eduardo Novis1, Péricles Andrade Maranhão Filho2, Maria Elisa Paiva Pires2
1Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Interna, Curitiba PR, Brazil.
Abstract:
Faustino Monteiro Esposel was a renowned neurologist from Rio de Janeiro, born on October 24, 1888. Together with his mentor, Professor Antônio Austregésilo Rodrigues Lima - the founder of modern Brazilian Neurology -, Professor Esposel described one of the rival signs of the Babinski sign, known as the Austregésilo-Esposel sign, in a study published in the renowned journal L'Encéphale in 1912. This article aims to summarize the life story of this illustrious neurologist as well as to highlight his achievements "beyond medicine".
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