ABSTRACT
Many neurologists have been trained in a subspecialty, and acute disorders are often seen by neurointensivists, vascular neurologists, and epileptologists. Many American neurologists also briefly trained in London at the National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic in Queen Square. In Augustine, Jean-Martin Charcot is played by the great actor Vincent Lindon and is surrounded by admiring neurologists, further increasing his standing. Augustine also shows important aspects of the neurologic examination in a patient with so-called functional symptoms and is of interest because examination of the “functional” patient is quite common for neurologists. The neurologist in A Song for Martin suggests to the patient with Alzheimer’s and his spouse that it is best not to use medication but to use mental gymnastics and love. In films depicting the modern neurologist, the scenes—when seen together—may even illustrate another motif.
