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DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1759709
Historical Notes

Les démoniaques dans l'art: Charcot and the “hysterical saints”

Les démoniaques dans l'art: Charcot e os “santos histéricos”
Léo Coutinho 
1   Universidade Federal do Paraná, Serviço de Neurologia, Unidade de Distúrbios do Movimento, Curitiba PR, Brazil.
2   Universidade Federal do Paraná, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Interna, Grupo de Doenças Neurológicas, Curitiba PR, Brazil.
,
Marlon Wycliff Caeira 
3   Universidade Federal do Paraná, Serviço de Neurologia, Unidade de Epilepsia, Curitiba PR, Brazil.
,
Luciano de Paola 
3   Universidade Federal do Paraná, Serviço de Neurologia, Unidade de Epilepsia, Curitiba PR, Brazil.
,
Olivier Walusinski 
4   Private Practive, Brou, France.
,
Francisco Eduardo Costa Cardoso 
5   Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Hospital das Clínicas, Serviço de Neurologia, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil.
,
Plinio Marcos Garcia de Lima 
6   Universidade Federal do Paraná, Serviço de Neurologia, Curitiba PR, Brazil.
,
Hélio A. Ghizoni Teive 
1   Universidade Federal do Paraná, Serviço de Neurologia, Unidade de Distúrbios do Movimento, Curitiba PR, Brazil.
2   Universidade Federal do Paraná, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Interna, Grupo de Doenças Neurológicas, Curitiba PR, Brazil.
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Abstract

Professor Jean-Martin Charcot was the founder of clinical neurology and one of the prominent researchers in the field of hysteria in the 19th century. His book Les démoniaques dans l'art is a representation of hysterical symptoms in religion and religious art. This paper aims to discuss Charcot's descriptions of hysteria in religion and his “hysterical saints”.

Resumo

Professor Jean-Martin Charcot foi o fundador da neurologia clínica e um dos pesquisadores mais proeminentes no campo da histeria durante o século XIX. Seu livro Les démoniaques dans l'art é uma representação dos sintomas histéricos na religião e arte religiosa. Esse artigo objetiva discutir as descrições de Charcot de histeria na religião e seus “santos histéricos”.

Keywords

Hysteria - History of Medicine - Religion and Medicine - Art - Epilepsy

Palavras-chave

Histeria - História da Medicina - Religião e Medicina - Arte - Epilepsia

Authors' Contributions

LC: organization and execution of the research project, writing of the first draft, review, and critique; MWC, LP, FECC: review and critique, writing of the final manuscript; OW: organization and execution of the research project, review, and critique, writing of the final manuscript; PMGL: conception, organization, and execution of the research project; HAGT: conception and organization of the research project, review, and critique, writing of the final manuscript.




Publication History

Received: 23 May 2022

Accepted: 26 July 2022

Article published online:
28 December 2022

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