Gheorghe Marinescu

Born	February 28, 1863(1863-02-28) Bucharest, Romanian United Principalities
Died	May 15, 1938(1938-05-15) (aged 75) Bucharest, Romania

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 the history of cinema it is famous for the first documentary film, Walking Troubles of Organic Hemiplegy [Tulburările mersului în hemiplegia organică] (1899). 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)

External links

• The movie (filmed on 10 May 1897)
• Dr Gheorghe Marinescu at Victorian Cinema
• Biography (in Romanian)
• Marinescu at Wikipedia