Gheorghe Marinescu
Gheorghe Marinescu (February 28, 1863, Bucharest – May 15, 1938, Bucharest) 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 the history of cinema it is famous for the first documentary film: Walking Troubles of Organic Hemiplegy [Tulburările mersului în hemiplegia organică, 1898]. 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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- Other documentary films
- A Case of Hysterical Hemiplegia Cured Through Hypnotic Suggestion (1899)
- Walking Difficulties Due to Progressive Locomotary Ataxia (1900)
- Pseudo-Hypertrophic or Myosclerotic Paralysis Among Myopathies (1901)