Professor Faustino Esposel: Neurology, football and spiritualism.

Luiz Eduardo Novis,Mariana Spitz,Maria Elisa Paiva Pires,Péricles Andrade Maranhão Filho,Hélio Afonso Ghizoni Teive

doi:10.1590/0004-282x-anp-2021-0013

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".

Highlights

Neurology in Brazil was deeply influenced by the French school of neurology and its outstanding Neurology Service at the Hospital de la Salpêtrière, in Paris, which was considered the birthplace of Neurology worldwide at the end of the 19th century, with its most prominent figure, Professor JeanMartin Charcot[1,2,3,4]
The School of Neurology directed by Professor Austregésilo, who is considered the founder of modern Brazilian Neurology, has become a reference throughout Brazil
He had replaced his master as chairman of Neurology, when Professor Austregésilo was elected Congressman[1,2,3,5,6,7]

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Neurology in Brazil was deeply influenced by the French school of neurology and its outstanding Neurology Service at the Hospital de la Salpêtrière, in Paris, which was considered the birthplace of Neurology worldwide at the end of the 19th century, with its most prominent figure, Professor JeanMartin Charcot[1,2,3,4]. In Brazil, the first neurology school was founded in 1912, having Professor Antonio Austregésilo as the first professor of the Chair of Neurology at the Faculty of Medicine of Rio de Janeiro, current Federal University of Rio de Janeiro[1,2,3,5,6].

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