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# Jean-Martin Charcot

(1825–1893)   Physician

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Jean-Martin Charcot was a physician.

## Quick Facts About Jean-Martin Charcot

Born November 29, 1825

Died August 16, 1893

Profession Physician

## About Jean-Martin Charcot

French neurologist (1825–1893)... \| 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

##  Quotes by Jean-Martin Charcot

> [How is it, one fine morning, Duchenne discovered a disease which probably existed in the time of Hippocrates.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-martin-charcot/how-is-it-one-fine-morning-duchenne-discovered-a-disease-which/)

Jean-Martin Charcot

[Disease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/disease/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f65/jean-martin-charcot-67150_disease_how-is-it-one-fine-morning-duchenne-disc_275575.png)

> [Theory is good; but it doesn't prevent things from existing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-martin-charcot/theory-is-good-but-it-doesn-t-prevent-things-from-existing/)

Jean-Martin Charcot

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2a/jean-martin-charcot-67150_theory_theory-is-good-but-it-doesn-t-prevent-th_366654.png)

> [If the clinician, as observer, wishes to see things as they really are, he must make a tabula rasa of his mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-martin-charcot/if-the-clinician-as-observer-wishes-to-see-things-as-they-really-are/)

Jean-Martin Charcot

[Clinicians](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clinicians/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4f/jean-martin-charcot-67150_clinicians_if-the-clinician-as-observer-wishes-to-s_1429336.png)

> [Symptoms, then, are in reality nothing but a cry from suffering organs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-martin-charcot/symptoms-then-are-in-reality-nothing-but-a-cry-from-suffering-organs/)

Jean-Martin Charcot

[Cry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/797/jean-martin-charcot-67150_cry_symptoms-then-are-in-reality-nothing-but_2901168.png)

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