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Charcot

American  
[shar-koh] / ʃarˈkoʊ /

noun

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

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


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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The races took place on drifting sea ice at the geographic North Pole in the Arctic, with competitors arriving from Norway aboard the French polar vessel Le Commandant Charcot.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

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 Mar. 9, 2023

Thereafter, between studying with neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot at Salpêtrière Hospital, he returned to Notre Dame “every free afternoon” to be in its presence.

From The Guardian Apr. 16, 2019

Freud, who studied it with the neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot in Paris, abandoned it in favor of the “talking cure,” after returning to Vienna.

From The New Yorker Mar. 30, 2015

The hypnotic experiments of the late Dr. Charcot, the well-known French biologist, also demonstrate the rapport existing between the sensitive subject and foreign bodies in proximity.

From Second Sight A study of Natural and Induced Clairvoyance by Sepharial

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