title: Jean Comandon Neuroscientist.
abstract: The microbiologist Jean Comandon is famous for his studies on the movement of the syphilis bacteria as differentiated in various forms by ultramicroscope. He was also a pioneer on the technical application of the microcinematography in laboratory research. His collaboration with clinicians and surgeons in the study of various pathological disorders is little known. From 1918 to the 1920s, he collaborated with such neurologists as André Thomas, Jean Athanase Sicard, and others in the study of various neurological disorders by using cinematography as a scientific tool for understanding the clinical and pathological mechanisms of diseases. These collaborations allowed him to be involved in the beginnings of the French cinematography industry, especially with Charles Pathé who established a small film studio laboratory in Vincennes where a multidisciplinary group improved the application of cinematography in clinical medical practice.
authors.affiliation: a Neurology Department , Mellino Mellini Hospital Trust , Chiari , Italy.
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lorusso
authors.affiliation: b Centre d'étude et de recherche interdisciplinaire de l'UFR LAC (CERILAC), Université Paris Diderot , Paris , France.
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lefebvre
authors.affiliation: c Direction du patrimoine du Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, Bois-d'Arcy France.
authors.forename: Béatrice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: de Pastre
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008829:Microbiology / Q000266:history; D009040:Motion Pictures / Q000266:history*; D009488:Neurosciences / Q000266:history*; D010784:Photomicrography / Q000266:history
keywords: Jean Comandon; Paris; Pathé; neurology; scientific film