Charcot, JEAN MARTIN (1825-93), pathologist, was born at Morvan (in Nièvre), studied at Paris, where he became a professor, doctor at the Salpêtrière hospital, and a member of the Institute. He contributed much to our knowledge of chronic and nervous diseases, their diagnosis and pathology, and made hypnotism a scientific study. He published numerous works on these subjects.
Charcot, JEAN MARTIN
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 111
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