Professor Antonio Austregésilo: The pioneer of neurology and of the study of movement disorders in Brazil

Abstract

Professor Antonio Austregésilo was the pioneer of neurology in Brazil, creating the first neurological school, in Rio de Janeiro, of which he was the first professor. He was also the first to study the movement disorders in Brazil, publishing several works on this subject, primarily in "Revue Neurologique", and "L'Encephale*, including a rival sign of Babinski and the first description of a posttraumatic dystonia.