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Review of Controversies in Medicine and Neuroscience: Through the Prism of History, Neurobiology, and Bioethics by Miguel A. Faria, MD. Reviewed by Russell L. Blaylock, MD

I have known Dr. Miguel A. Faria for a very long time. He is a brilliant neurosurgeon, exceptional writer, and has written a great number of incredible opinion pieces as well as books on an array of medical subjects. His latest book, Controversies in Medicine and Neuroscience: Through the Prism of History, Neurobiology, and Bioethics […]

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On Revolutionary Physicians and Civil Wars by Miguel A. Faria, MD

A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.Albert Camus (1913-1960)French Existentialist Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.Thomas Paine (1737-1809)Anglo-American patriot Throughout the ages, some physicians have had more than a passing interest in politics, justice, and the mechanics of

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The Death of Stalin — The Final Word? by Adam R. Bogart, PhD and Miguel A. Faria, MD

In a series of communications, Dr. Miguel Faria encouraged me to update and revise this conversation both private as well as what has been posted at his website and attempt to resolve some issues that had been left open. I’m not sure that we can do that, since in close to four years after these

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A conversation between Drs. Daniel E. Nijensohn and Adam R. Bogart about Argentinean politics and Evita Perón’s secret lobotomy

This conversation should be of interest not only to neurosurgeons and neuroscientists, but also political and social scientists, as well as the well-informed segment of the general public, and not just in Argentina but also throughout the world. Dr. Daniel Nijensohn has performed a great service to medical history and neuroscience ethics with his outstanding

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A conversation with Dr. Adam Bogart about the Bolsheviks and Lenin’s and Stalin’s illnesses by Miguel A. Faria, MD

November 12, 2016, Hi Miguel, Food for thought [“Vladimir Mikhailovich Bekhterev (1857–1927): Strange Circumstances Surrounding the Death of the Great Russian Neurologist” by Kesselring J] … It seems either Stalin or some of his colleagues consulted a neurologist about his withered arm in 1927, and the neurologist made a diagnosis of syringomyelia. [But] it is

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