Charcot

American  

[shar-koh] / ʃarˈkoʊ /

noun

1. Jean Baptiste Étienne Auguste 1867–1936, French explorer.

2. his father Jean Martin 1825–93, French neuropathologist.

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Charcot British  

/ ʃarko /

noun

1. Jean Martin (ʒɑ̃ martɛ̃). 1825–93, French neurologist, noted for his attempt using hypnotism to find an organic cause for hysteria, which influenced Freud

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Example Sentences

In the same time period, French neurologist Jean Martin Charcot suggested that patients experiencing symptoms associated with what doctors then called "hysteria" perhaps actually had a history of trauma.

From Salon

As a child, Jacob was treated for neurasthenia by Jean-Martin Charcot, Freud’s mentor.

From Washington Post

In Austria the hero is Sigmund Freud, and only recently has Andreas Mayer laid out just how much he learned from Jean-Martin Charcot’s use of hypnosis.

From Scientific American

Hysteria, originally thought to be a gynaecological condition affecting only women, was recast as neurological in part through the efforts of distinguished nineteenth-century French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot.

From Nature

Whatever you make of Charcot’s outdated, politically problematic medical categories, his idea of unthinkable transformation surely resonates.

From The Guardian