Abstract

MEJIA-RIVERA, ORLANDO. Shaking palsy and other neurologic illness in The Quixote. Acta Med Colomb [online]. 2023, vol.48, n.2, e7.  Epub Apr 07, 2024. ISSN 0120-2448.  https://doi.org/10.36104/amc.2023.2830.

Miguel de Cervantes had seasoned knowledge of medical care in his time. Here we provide evidence of his having read medical texts from his personal library and of his relationships with relatives and friends who were physicians. As an example of his knowledge, we analyze the references to palsy and other neurological diseases like epilepsy, tremors and head trauma, which are mentioned or described in his great literary masterpiece titled The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote. (Acta Med Colomb 2022; 48. DOI:https://doi.org/10.36104/amc.2023.2830).

Keywords : literature; history of medicine; Don Quixote of La Mancha; neurological diseases; Miguel de Cervantes.

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