Oswaldo Lange, Brazilian neurologist (São Paulo 28 April 1903 – São Paulo 29 August 1986)
ACHIEVEMENTS
Described and characterized the cerebrospinal fluid syndrome in neurocysticercosis
Sindrome liquorico da cisticercose encefalo-meningéia. Rev. Neurol. Psiqu. S. Paulo 6:35-48, 1940
Detailed the behavior of cephalorhachidian fluid in preclinical neurosyphilis
Sifilis nervosa pré-clinica: contribuição a profilaxia da sífilis nervosa pelo exame do líquido cefalorraquidiano. Thesis (1938)
Created a new kind of neurological semiology
Developed a technique for detection of neoplasic cells in cerebrospinal fluid