Difference between revisions of "Gheorghe Marinescu"
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− | In | + | In history of cinema he is famous for the first scientific film in the world, ''Walking Troubles of Organic Hemiplegy'' (also translated as ''Walking Disturbances of the Physical Paresis'' [http://books.google.com/books?id=4r8cRrzOavEC&pg=PA774]) [Tulburările mersului în hemiplegia organică] (1899), together with the cameraman [[Constantin M. Popescu]]. The film depicts several patients walking in four directions against a black background before and after the treatment. Marinescu came to the idea of making the film after having used the chronophotography under the influence of [[Étienne-Jules Marey]]. Marinescu praised the use of the cinematographic techniques in the scientifically investigation. |
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Born |
February 28, 1863 Bucharest, Romanian United Principalities |
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Died |
May 15, 1938 Bucharest, Romania | (aged 75)
Gheorghe Marinescu (1863–1938) was a Romanian neurologist, professor at the Faculty of Medicine in Bucharest, member of the Romanian Academy, founder of the Romanian School of Neurology.
- Cinematography
In history of cinema he is famous for the first scientific film in the world, Walking Troubles of Organic Hemiplegy (also translated as Walking Disturbances of the Physical Paresis [1]) [Tulburările mersului în hemiplegia organică] (1899), together with the cameraman Constantin M. Popescu. The film depicts several patients walking in four directions against a black background before and after the treatment. Marinescu came to the idea of making the film after having used the chronophotography under the influence of Étienne-Jules Marey. Marinescu praised the use of the cinematographic techniques in the scientifically investigation.
- Documentary shorts
- Walking Troubles of Organic Hemiplegy [Tulburările mersului în hemiplegule organice], 1899. Watch online (1:00-1:37 min)
- A Case of Hysterical Hemiplegia Cured Through Hypnotic Suggestion [Un caz de hemiplegie isterică vindecat prin sugestie hipnotică], September 1899. Watch online (1:37-2:07 min)
- Tulburarile mersului in paraplegiile organice, 1899.
- Walking Difficulties Due to Progressive Locomotary Ataxia [Tulburarile mersului in ataxia locomotrice progresiva], 1900.
- Pseudo-Hypertrophic or Myosclerotic Paralysis Among Myopathies [Paralizia pseudo-hipertrofica sau miosclerozica, din cadrul miopatiilor], 1901.
- Watch online (unidentified film, 0:29-1:00 min)
- See also
- External links