Abstract

BOTERO-RODRIGUEZ, Felipe  and  ACEVEDO GONZALEZ, Juan Carlos. Brown-Séquard Syndrome since its Discovery. Univ. Med. [online]. 2019, vol.60, n.2, pp.58-66. ISSN 0041-9095.  https://doi.org/10.11144/javeriana.umed60-2.sequ.

Charles-Edouard Brown-Séquard (1817-1894), was a remarked scientific by his investigations mainly of the spinal cord, born on Mauritius Island acquired a taste for literature, even to go to Paris at 15 years old with his mother to become a writer. Failing in this dream, began his career in medicine, standing out for discoveries in the physiology of the spinal cord, described in his thesis of degree in 1846 and later in 1855 when he coined the syndrome with his name. His studies included subjects in epilepsy, sympathetic control of vasomotor mechanism, interneuronal networks and advances in endocrinology. This article highlights the contributions of this genius and explains the history of the syndrome with his name. In addition, among other topics of interest, it exposes the analysis of the original article published in 1855. From a historical review on spinal cord pathology, followed by his work and investigations of this area. Finishing with his work, where it demonstrates the findings that would be known as Brown-Séquard syndrome through cases and experiments.

Keywords : Brown-Séquard; Brown-Séquard síndrome; spinal cord.

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