Science · 1825–1893

Jean-Martin Charcot

Influential French neurologist often called the founder of modern neurology

Did you know?His lectures in Paris were so famous that they were attended by the likes of Sigmund Freud and various members of the public.

Jean-Martin Charcot (French:; 29 November 1825 – 16 August 1893) was a French neurologist and professor of anatomical pathology. He worked on groundbreaking work about hypnosis and hysteria, in particular with his hysteria patient Louise Augustine Gleizes.

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