The charming physician (El médico encantador): neurological conditions in a short story by Silvina Ocampo
ABSTRACT The Argentinian author Silvina Ocampo (1903-1993) left us a vast body of works which are considered outstanding in many ways. In 1960, she published a short story, entitled “El médico encantador" (The Charming Physician), in the renowned literary magazine Sur. The central character of...
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| author | Guillermo Delgado-García Carolina Rodríguez-Návarez Bruno Estañol |
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| description | ABSTRACT The Argentinian author Silvina Ocampo (1903-1993) left us a vast body of works which are considered outstanding in many ways. In 1960, she published a short story, entitled “El médico encantador" (The Charming Physician), in the renowned literary magazine Sur. The central character of this piece is a family doctor named Albino Morgan, who had a secret truth: in any house he visited, all variety of disease also entered. He brought with him the viruses he disseminated. The narrator of this short story—one of his patients—describes four of Morgan's diseases. These imaginary neurological conditions allowed Ocampo to explore improbable situations in everyday life. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ce07554fbec84aebbdcbdfb901bbabf52025-08-20T02:03:46ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-4227751183083210.1590/0004-282x20170129S0004-282X2017001100830The charming physician (El médico encantador): neurological conditions in a short story by Silvina OcampoGuillermo Delgado-GarcíaCarolina Rodríguez-NávarezBruno EstañolABSTRACT The Argentinian author Silvina Ocampo (1903-1993) left us a vast body of works which are considered outstanding in many ways. In 1960, she published a short story, entitled “El médico encantador" (The Charming Physician), in the renowned literary magazine Sur. The central character of this piece is a family doctor named Albino Morgan, who had a secret truth: in any house he visited, all variety of disease also entered. He brought with him the viruses he disseminated. The narrator of this short story—one of his patients—describes four of Morgan's diseases. These imaginary neurological conditions allowed Ocampo to explore improbable situations in everyday life.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2017001100830&lng=en&tlng=enneurologymedicine in literaturemedicine in artagnosiasleep initiation and maintenance disorders |
| spellingShingle | Guillermo Delgado-García Carolina Rodríguez-Návarez Bruno Estañol The charming physician (El médico encantador): neurological conditions in a short story by Silvina Ocampo Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria neurology medicine in literature medicine in art agnosia sleep initiation and maintenance disorders |
| title | The charming physician (El médico encantador): neurological conditions in a short story by Silvina Ocampo |
| title_full | The charming physician (El médico encantador): neurological conditions in a short story by Silvina Ocampo |
| title_fullStr | The charming physician (El médico encantador): neurological conditions in a short story by Silvina Ocampo |
| title_full_unstemmed | The charming physician (El médico encantador): neurological conditions in a short story by Silvina Ocampo |
| title_short | The charming physician (El médico encantador): neurological conditions in a short story by Silvina Ocampo |
| title_sort | charming physician el medico encantador neurological conditions in a short story by silvina ocampo |
| topic | neurology medicine in literature medicine in art agnosia sleep initiation and maintenance disorders |
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