Charcot
Americannoun
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Jean Baptiste Étienne Auguste 1867–1936, French explorer.
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his father Jean Martin 1825–93, French neuropathologist.
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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
Both men had studied under Jean-Martin Charcot, who believed that hysteria could arise from traumatic events as well as from physiological causes.
From The New Yorker • May 20, 2019
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
Hugh Boyd, 57, had a planned amputation 17 years ago after years of struggling with nerve damage and Charcot foot, which causes bones to weaken and joints to collapse.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 8, 2018
For a time, under the influence of Charcot and his disciples, there was a very generally accepted opinion that the hypnotic trance was a pathological condition, somewhat allied to the cataleptic phase of major hysteria.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
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