Jonathan Swift y su contribución científica en los “Viajes de Gulliver”.

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  • Marcelo Miranda Departamento Neurólogía,Clinica Las Condes, Santiago. Chile Neurólogo
  • Carolina Pérez J Departamento Neurología Clínica Las Condes
  • Andrea Slachevsky Ch

Resumen

Jonathan Swift is one of the most celebrated satirist writers in literature. His well-known Gulliver’s Travels, apart from being a severe criticism of human beings, contains many interesting and little recognized comments about medical and other scientific facts. Swift made what seems to be the first account of a dementing illness in the elderly; his description fits well with what we now know as Alzheimer’s disease. He also described a condition now called synaesthesia, a very interesting phenomenon that may contribute to creativity. In this paper, we review aspects of his life and reveal these amazing descriptions as samples of Swift’s extraordinary power of observation.

Publicado

2011-03-07

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Miranda, M., Pérez J, C., & Slachevsky Ch, A. (2011). Jonathan Swift y su contribución científica en los “Viajes de Gulliver”. Revista Médica De Chile, 139(3). Recuperado a partir de https://mail.revistamedicadechile.cl/index.php/rmedica/article/view/1086

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