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Charcot

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Char·cot  (shär-k), Jean Baptiste Étienne Auguste 1867-1936.
French explorer who led two missions to the Antarctic (1903-1905 and 1908-1910). He died when the Pourquoi Pas? sank off Iceland.
Charcot, Jean Martin 1825-1893.
French neurologist known for his research into diseases of the nervous system. Sigmund Freud was one of his pupils.
Charcot (French) [ʃarko]
n
(Biographies / Charcot, Jean Martin (1825-1893) M, French, SCIENCE: neurologist) 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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Noun1.Charcot - French neurologist who tried to use hypnotism to cure hysteria (1825-1893)
Jean Martin Charcot


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And of course then you understand how it act, and can follow the mind of the great Charcot, alas that he is no more, into the very soul of the patient that he influence.
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