“To learn how to treat a disease, one must learn how to recognize it. The diagnosis is the best trump in the scheme of treatment.”
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Jean-Martin Charcot
Jean-Martin Charcot 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. Charcot is known as "the founder of modern neurology", and his name has been associated with at least 15 medical eponyms, including various conditions sometimes referred to as Charcot dise…
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science · French neurologist (1825–1893) · physician · neuroscientist · psychologist · psychiatrist · neurologist · draftsperson · pathologist · also Jean-Martin Charcot, Charcot, Jean Martin Charcot
Born 29 November 1825 · Died 16 August 1893 · Q20710
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2026· 3 entries
“If you do not have a proven treatment for certain illnesses, bid [sic] your time, do what you can, but do not harm your patients.”
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“Symptoms, then, are in reality nothing but a cry from suffering organs.”
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1990· 1 entry
“In the last analysis, we see only what we are ready to see, what we have been taught to see. We eliminate and ignore everything that is not a part of our prejudices.”
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1893· 1 entry
Died 1893-08-16.
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1892· 1 entry
Awarded Commander of the Legion of Honour (1892).
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1882· 1 entry
Established a neurology clinic at Salpêtrière, which was the first of its kind in Europe
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1880· 1 entry
Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (1880).
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1864· 1 entry
And had three children, Jeanne, Jean-Paul and Jean-Baptiste, who later became a doctor and a famous polar explorer"
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1858· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1858).
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1853· 1 entry
Awarded Montyon Prize (1853).
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1825· 1 entry
Born 1825-11-29.
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