Download PDF
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2018; 76(07): 490-493
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282X20180063
HISTORICAL NOTE

Édouard Brissaud: distinguished neurologist and Charcot’s pupil

Édouard Brissaud: distinto neurologista e pupilo de Charcot
Paula Teixeira Marques
1   Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Unidade de Distúrbios do Movimento, Serviço de Neurologia, Curitiba PR, Brasil;
,
Francisco Manoel Branco Germiniani
1   Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Unidade de Distúrbios do Movimento, Serviço de Neurologia, Curitiba PR, Brasil;
,
Carlos Henrique Ferreira Camargo
2   Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Hospital Universitário, Serviço de Neurologia, Ponta Grossa PR, Brasil;
,
Renato Puppi Munhoz
3   University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Centre for Movement Disorders, Toronto, ON, Canada.
,
Hélio Afonso Ghizoni Teive
1   Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Unidade de Distúrbios do Movimento, Serviço de Neurologia, Curitiba PR, Brasil;
› Author Affiliations
› Further Information
Also available at
   Permissions and Reprints

ABSTRACT

Professor Charcot had several pupils in his famous neurological service at the Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris, France. Among them, Édouard Brissaud was one of Charcot’s favorite pupils, temporarily becoming his successor after Charcot’s death. Brissaud’s neurological contributions were significant, including the description of hemifacial spasm, “geste antagoniste” in dystonia, pseudobulbar affect, post-traumatic stress disorder, the Brissaud-Sicard syndrome, and Brissaud’s sign. Additionally, Brissaud was the first to suggest that Parkinson’s disease pathology could be related to the substantia nigra.

RESUMO

Professor Charcot teve vários discípulos em seu famoso serviço de neurologia no hospital Salpêtrière, em Paris, França. Dentre eles, Édouard Brissaud foi um dos pupilos favoritos de Charcot. Após a morte de Charcot, em 1893, Brissaud foi o seu sucessor temporário. Suas contribuições neurológicas foram muito expressivas, incluindo a descrição do espasmo hemifacial, do “geste antagoniste”, da paralisia pseudobulbar, do transtorno de estresse pós-traumático, a síndrome de Brissaud-Sicard, e também do sinal de Brissaud. Além disso, Brissaud, sugeriu pela primeira vez no mundo, que a patologia da doença de Parkinson poderia estar relacionada à substância negra.

neurology - history of medicine - hemifacial spasm
neurologia - história da medicina - espasmo hemifacial


Publication History

Received: 18 February 2018

Accepted: 19 April 2018

Article published online:
25 August 2023

© 2023. Academia Brasileira de Neurologia. This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonDerivative-NonCommercial License, permitting copying and reproduction so long as the original work is given appropriate credit. Contents may not be used for commecial purposes, or adapted, remixed, transformed or built upon. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.
Rua do Matoso 170, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, CEP 20270-135, Brazil

 

  • References

  • 1 Walusinski O. Jean-Martin Charcot’s house officers at La Salpêtrière hospital. Front Neurol Neurosci. 2011;29:9-35. https://doi.org/10.1159/000321774
  • 2 Teive HA, Marques P, Germiniani FM, Walusinski O. Requiem for a neurologist: the funeral rites of Jean-Martin Charcot. Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2017 Nov;75(11):827-9. https://doi.org/10.1590/0004-282x20170144
  • 3 Poirier J, Ricou P. [Edouard Brissaud (1852-1909), Charcot’s favorite pupil]. Hist Sci Med. 2010 Jul-Sep;44(3):247-55. French.
  • 4 Tatu L. Édouard Brissaud, Fulgence Raymond and the succession of Charcot. Front Neurol Neurosci. 2011;29:52-60. https://doi.org/10.1159/000321776
  • 5 Souques AN. crologie. Edouard Brissaud (1852-1909). Rev Neurol (Paris). 1910;19:1-4.
  • 6 Poirier J. [Edouard Brissaud, a neglected neurologist and an artist at heart]. Bull Acad Natl Med. 2010 Jan;194(1):163-75. French.
  • 7 Proust M. In search of lost time: the guermantes way. London: Penguin Books; 2005. Vol. 3.
  • 8 Paciaroni M, Bogousslavsky J. Jules Joseph Déjerine versus Pierre Marie. Front Neurol Neurosci. 2011;29:162-9. https://doi.org/10.1159/000321784
  • 9 Brissaud E. Vingt-quatrième leçon, Tics et spasms cloniques de la face. In: Meige H, editor. Leçons sur les maladies nerveuses: La Salpêtriére, (1893-1894). Paris: Masson; 1895. p. 502-20.
  • 10 Colosimo C, Berardelli A. An early image of hemifacial spasm: edouard Brissaud contribution. Mov Disord. 2010 Apr;25(5):531-3. https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.22998
  • 11 Brissaud E. Vingt-troisème leçon, Nature et pathogénie de la Maladie de Parkinson. In: Meige H, editor. Leçons sur les maladies nerveuses: La Salpêtrière,, (1893-1894). Paris: Masson; 1895.
  • 12 Poisson A, Krack P, Thobois S, Loiraud C, Serra G, Vial C et al. History of the ‘geste antagoniste’ sign in cervical dystonia. J Neurol. 2012 Aug;259(8):1580-4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-011-6380-7
  • 13 Broussolle E, Laurencin C, Bernard E, Thobois S, Danaila T, Krack P. Early illustrations of geste antagoniste in cervical dystonia and generalized dystonia. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y). 2015 Sep;5:332. https://doi.org/10.7916/D8KD1X74
  • 14 Brissaud E, Sicard J. A l´hémispasme facial alterne. Presse Médicale 1908;16:234-6.
  • 15 Tacik P, Krasnianski M, Alfieri A, Dressler D. Brissaud-Sicard syndrome caused by a diffuse brainstem glioma. A rare differential diagnosis of hemifacial spasm. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2014 Feb;156(2):429-30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-013-1984-6
  • 16 Brissaud E. Le réflexe du fascia lata. Gaz Hebdo Med Chirurg. 1896;43:253-6.
  • 17 Aguiar T, Maranhão Filho P. The Brissaud sign. Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2014 Jun;72(6):471. https://doi.org/10.1590/0004-282X20140052
  • 18 Nóbrega FR, Macêdo PJ, Vasconcellos LF. Teaching Video NeuroImages: missing toe: the relevance of the Brissaud reflex. Neurology. 2017 Aug;89(8):e97. https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.20180063201800634263