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The life and work of Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893): ‘The Napoleon of Neuroses’

2017; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 19; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/1751143717709420

2057-360X

Manni Waraich, Shailesh Shah,

History of Medicine Studies

Known as ‘le pere de la neurologie’, Professor Jean-Martin Charcot (Figure 1) is probably one of the most influential physicians in the history of modern medicine, leaving behind at least 13 eponymous diseases, one eponymous island, and students including Freud, Babinski, Janet, Tourette and Bouchard in his wake. Open in a separate window Figure 1. Professor Jean-Martin Charcot.