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DOI: 10.1590/0004-282X-ANP-2021-0013
Historical Note

Professor Faustino Esposel: Neurology, football and spiritualism

Professor Faustino Esposel: Neurologia, futebol e espiritismo
Luiz Eduardo Novis 
1   Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Interna, Curitiba PR, Brazil.
,
Péricles Andrade Maranhão  Filho
2   Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Departamento de Neurologia, Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil.
,
Maria Elisa Paiva Pires 
2   Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Departamento de Neurologia, Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil.
,
Mariana Spitz 
3   Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro, Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto, Departamento de Neurologia, Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil.
,
Hélio Afonso Ghizoni Teive 
4   Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Serviço de Neurologia, Curitiba PR, Brazil.
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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”.

RESUMO

Faustino Monteiro Esposel foi um renomado neurologista do Rio de Janeiro, nascido em 24 de outubro de 1888. Junto de seu mentor, o Professor Antônio Austregésilo Rodrigues Lima, considerado o pai da Neurologia brasileira moderna, descreveu um dos sinais sucedâneos do sinal de Babinski, conhecido como sinal de Austregésilo-Esposel, publicado no renomado periódico L’Encéphale em 1912. Este artigo tem como objetivo trazer a história deste ilustre neurologista, destacando também seus feitos “além da medicina”.

Keywords:

History of Neurology - Neurology - Semiology - Babinski sign - Austregésilo-Esposel sign

Palavras-chave:

História da Neurologia - Neurologia - Semiologia - sinal de Babinski - sinal de Austregésilo-Esposel

Authors’ contributions:

LEN: writing, review of the literature, editing; PAMF: resources and review; MEPP: resources; MS: review; HAGT: conceptualization, review and editing, supervision.




Publication History

Received: 19 January 2021

Accepted: 17 March 2021

Article published online:
01 June 2023

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