Pedroso José Luiz, Barsottini Orlando G P, Teive Hélio A G, Cardoso Francisco
Setor de Neurologia Geral e Ataxias, Departamento de Neurologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Setor de Distúrbios de Movimento, Serviço de Neurologia, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2014 Jun;72(6):469-70. doi: 10.1590/0004-282x20140034.
Marcel Proust was one of the greatest French writers of all times. Since early in his life, Proust was interested in arts and particularly literature. He also demonstrated a great knowledge of medicine, particularly neurology. His father was a doctor, and contributed to neurology through studies on aphasia, stroke, hysteria, and neurasthenia. During his childhood, Proust had the first asthma attack, initially considered a manifestation of neurasthenia. Regarding his illness, Proust was in touch with several renowned neurologists, such as Brissaud, Babinski and Sollier, and other disciples of Charcot. Proust spent the last three years of his life mostly confined to his bedroom since his health had badly deteriorated. In one moment, Babinski was called, examined Proust and after leaving his bedroom, announced to his brother that Proust was practically dead. Few hours later, Proust developed vomica and died.
马塞尔·普鲁斯特是有史以来最伟大的法国作家之一。从早年起，普鲁斯特就对艺术尤其是文学感兴趣。他还展现出了丰富的医学知识，特别是神经学方面的知识。他的父亲是一名医生，通过对失语症、中风、癔症和神经衰弱的研究为神经学做出了贡献。童年时期，普鲁斯特首次发作哮喘，最初被认为是神经衰弱的一种表现。关于自己的病情，普鲁斯特与几位著名的神经学家有过接触，比如布里索、巴宾斯基和索利耶，以及夏科的其他弟子。由于健康状况严重恶化，普鲁斯特生命的最后三年大多都 confined to his bedroom 。有一次，巴宾斯基被叫来为普鲁斯特做检查，离开他的卧室后，他告诉普鲁斯特的兄弟，普鲁斯特实际上已经奄奄一息。几个小时后，普鲁斯特咳出了脓痰，然后去世了。 （原文中“confined to his bedroom”表述不太准确，推测可能是“大部分时间都被困在卧室里”之类意思，可根据实际情况调整更准确译文）
