Osório Thaumaturgo Caesar - Wikipedia

Osório Thaumaturgo Cesar ( Parahyba , November 17 , 1895 — Franco da Rocha , December 3 , 1979 ) was a renowned Brazilian anatomopathologist, psychiatrist and intellectual , known as one of the pioneers in the use of art as a therapeutic resource in psychiatry, as well as for his opposition to the aggressive methods of treating the insane then in force. Initially trained in dentistry in São Paulo , he graduated in medicine in Rio de Janeiro and then traveled to Europe , where he worked at the Salpêtrière Hospital alongside the disciples of Carl Gustav Jung , founder of analytical psychology , among whom was Henri Piéron . Osório César and Durval Marcondes , both doctors at the Juquery Asylum for the Insane, are recognized as two of the main Brazilian interlocutors of Sigmund Freud [ 1 ] . The duo, captivated by Freudian theories, announced by their tutor Francisco Franco da Rocha, participated in the founding of the Brazilian Psychoanalysis Society of São Paulo (1927) and the Rio de Janeiro section created by Juliano Moreira (1928). Durval Marcondes received four letters, while César received three messages. Historiographical narratives also highlight doctors Arthur Ramos , Júlio Pires Porto Carrero and Gastão Pereira da Silva as Freud's first disciples in Brazil, considered pioneers in the dissemination of his thoughts.