François Rabelais and his dystonic giants
Spasmodic torticollis was an early designation used for cervical dystonia. The origin of this name is attributed to French physician and writer François Rabelais in the mid-sixteenth century. This early description of torticollis in the book Pantagruel was an inspiration for the understan...
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Spasmodic torticollis was an early designation used for cervical dystonia. The origin of this name is attributed to French physician and writer François Rabelais in the mid-sixteenth century. This early description of torticollis in the book Pantagruel was an inspiration for the understanding of cervical dystonia. The art expressed in Rabelais' literature ‒ which was immortalized by the drawings of Gustave Doré ‒ influenced poetry, art, and photography, and led to the adoption of the term torticollis in the neurological sciences. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ed9bf6b581aa416091bf71d6b5c0d77a2025-08-20T03:21:11ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria0004-282X1678-42272024-07-01820700100210.1055/s-0044-1786764François Rabelais and his dystonic giantsLéo Coutinho0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4921-2939Carlos Henrique Ferreira Camargo1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3533-0347Hélio Afonso Ghizoni Teive2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2305-1073Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Interna, Curitiba PR, Brazil.Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Interna, Curitiba PR, Brazil.Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Interna, Curitiba PR, Brazil. Spasmodic torticollis was an early designation used for cervical dystonia. The origin of this name is attributed to French physician and writer François Rabelais in the mid-sixteenth century. This early description of torticollis in the book Pantagruel was an inspiration for the understanding of cervical dystonia. The art expressed in Rabelais' literature ‒ which was immortalized by the drawings of Gustave Doré ‒ influenced poetry, art, and photography, and led to the adoption of the term torticollis in the neurological sciences.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0044-1786764History of MedicineNeurologyMovement DisordersDystoniaTorticollisHistória da MedicinaNeurologiaTranstornos dos MovimentosDistoniaTorcicolo |
| spellingShingle | Léo Coutinho Carlos Henrique Ferreira Camargo Hélio Afonso Ghizoni Teive François Rabelais and his dystonic giants Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria History of Medicine Neurology Movement Disorders Dystonia Torticollis História da Medicina Neurologia Transtornos dos Movimentos Distonia Torcicolo |
| title | François Rabelais and his dystonic giants |
| title_full | François Rabelais and his dystonic giants |
| title_fullStr | François Rabelais and his dystonic giants |
| title_full_unstemmed | François Rabelais and his dystonic giants |
| title_short | François Rabelais and his dystonic giants |
| title_sort | francois rabelais and his dystonic giants |
| topic | History of Medicine Neurology Movement Disorders Dystonia Torticollis História da Medicina Neurologia Transtornos dos Movimentos Distonia Torcicolo |
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