Signed by neurology professor Camillo Negro and cinematographer Roberto Omegna for the Società Anonima Ambrosio of Turin, Neuropathology is one of the first and most significant scientific documentaries in the history of cinema. Premiering in Italy on February 17, 1908, this film meticulously records a series of clinical cases of patients with various pathologies of the nervous system observed at the Cottolengo Hospital and neuropathological clinics in Turin between 1906 and 1908. The material includes studies of convulsions, spasms, ocular paralysis, ataxia, epileptic seizures, and other neurological disorders, presented with a didactic and scientific objective for physicians and neurology students.

• Roberto OmegnaDirector
• Arturo AmbrosioProducer

Release date

February 17, 1908

Status

Released

Original language

Italian

Runtime

47m

Genres

Documentary

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