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Duchenne believed that the reactions of his
subjects were common to any individual. In
this work, there are also photographs he did
in cooperation with Adrien Tournachon.
Some of the photographs are compared to
classical art masterpiece to show how art
does not always reflect the true feelings.
(Fig. 1) One of the critics of his time
reproached him that he takes away from art
its idealism, reducing it to an anatomical
realism. [11]
Fig 1. – Stimulation of eye lids, mandibula
and frontal reion simulate terror. [11]
Conclusions
Duchenne remains a remarkable figure
of neurology, which he inovated both as
diagnosis and therapy. As an open minded
brilliant researcher, he had his work
recognized only after death, but nowaday,
he is considered one of the greatest minds
of the XIX century. He was a complex
personality, deoting his mind to medicine,
but also art, technique and photography.
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