Rosalie: the Brazilian female monkey of Charcot.
Jean-Martin Charcot, the father of Neurology, a very austere and reserved man that did not express affection freely for human being, had a profound affection to animals, particularly to a small female monkey, called "Rosalie", which came from Brazil and was a gift of Dom Pedro II to Charcot.
Teive
Hélio A G
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Internal Medicine Department, Hospital de Clínicas, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil. hagteive@mps.com.br
Arruda
Walter O
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Werneck
Lineu C
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D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D002428:Cebus; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D049672:History, 19th Century; D009462:Neurology / Q000266:history*