Jonathan Swift y su contribución científica en "Los viajes de Gulliver"

• Marcelo Miranda C ^[1] ; Carolina Pérez J ^[1] ; Andrea Slachevsky Ch ^[2]
  1. [1] Clínica Las Condes

     Clínica Las Condes

     Santiago, Chile

     
  2. [2] Clínica Alemana

     Clínica Alemana

     Santiago, Chile

     
• Localización: Revista Médica de Chile, ISSN-e 0034-9887, Vol. 139, Nº. 3, 2011, págs. 395-399
• Idioma: español
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Jonathan Swift's scientific contribution on his "Gulliver's Travels"
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  • Jonathan Swift is one of the most celebrated satirist writers in literature. His well-known "Gulliver's Travels", apartfrom being a serious human being criticism, contains many interesting ana unrecognized comments about medical and other scientific facts. Swift made what seems to be thefirst account of a dementing illness in the elderly; his description fits well with what we now know as Alzheimer's disease. He also described a condition now called synaesthesia, a very interestingphenomenon that may contribute to creativity. In thispaper, we review aspects ofhis Ufe and reveal these amazing descriptions as samples of Swift's extraordinary power of observation.