En juin 2011, je n'avais pas vu cette étude sur Astérix parue dans Acta Neurochirurgica, et qui a été relayée dans les médias… et c'est l'excellente rubrique "Minerva" du BMJ du 13 août 2011 qui a attiré mon attention… Les traumatismes craniens ont été analysés dans 34 albums d'Astérix : il y avait 704 TBIs (traumatic brain injuries). L'article étant payant, je n'ai que le résumé, mais des neurochirurgiens pourront commenter :
Seven hundred and four TBIs were identified. The majority of persons involved were adult and male. The major cause of trauma was assault (98.8%). Traumata were classified to be severe in over 50% (GCS 3–8). Different neurological deficits and signs of basal skull fractures were identified. Although over half of head-injury victims had a severe initial impairment of consciousness, no case of death or permanent neurological deficit was found. The largest group of head-injured characters was constituted by Romans (63.9%), while Gauls caused nearly 90% of the TBIs. A helmet had been worn by 70.5% of victims but had been lost in the vast majority of cases (87.7%). In 83% of cases, TBIs were caused under the influence of a doping agent called “the magic potion”.
S'agit-il d'un 'hot paper' car il a été cité dans les médias et a amené beaucoup de commentaires, comme ceux du Guardian par exemple…
Kamp MA et al. Traumatic brain injuries in illustrated literature: experience of a series of over 700 head injuries in the Asterix comic books. Acta neurochirurgica 2011;153:1351-1355
