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Jean Martin Charcot



Charcot, Jean Martin (1825–93), French neurologist whose researches advanced knowledge of hysteria, multiple sclerosis, locomotor ataxia, asthma, and aging. Freud was one of his many pupils.

See also: Neurology.

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