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Broken dynasty: how Jean Batiste Charcot relinquished his father’s neurological empire to conquer the seven seas

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The authors review the relationship between Jean-Martin Charcot, the most celebrate Professor of Neurology of the XIX century, and his son, Jean-Baptiste Charcot, former a physician and neurologist and after Professor Charcot’s death, a worldwide famous maritime explorer, the “Commander Charcot.”

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  1. Neurology Service, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Rua General Carneiro 1103/102, Centro, Curitiba, PR, 80060-150, Brazil

    Hélio A. G. Teive & Francisco M. B. Germiniani

  2. Neurology Service, Hospital Universitário, State University of Ponta Grossa, Ponta Grossa, Brazil

    Carlos Henrique F. Camargo

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Teive, H.A.G., Germiniani, F.M.B. & Camargo, C.H.F. Broken dynasty: how Jean Batiste Charcot relinquished his father’s neurological empire to conquer the seven seas. Neurol Sci 39, 765–768 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-018-3258-9

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