title: Jean-Baptiste Charcot, the French Antarctic expedition and scurvy.
abstract: During the second expedition to the South Pole, Commander Jean-Baptiste Charcot and some members of the crew of "Pourquoi Pas?" developed symptoms suggestive of scurvy. The clinical picture was totally reversed after dietary changes.
authors: Serviço de Neurologia, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors: Hélio Afonso Ghizoni
authors: HA
authors: Teive
authors: Serviço de Neurologia, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors: Francisco Manoel Branco
authors: FM
authors: Germiniani
authors: Movement Disorders Centre, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors: Renato Puppi
authors: RP
authors: Munhoz
mesh_terms: D004032:Diet; D005101:Expeditions / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D012614:Scurvy / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000266:history*