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'''Jean-Martin Charcot''' (1825 – 1893) was a [[France|French]] neurologist who is considered the founder of modern neurology. | '''Jean-Martin Charcot''' (1825 – 1893) was a [[France|French]] neurologist who is considered the founder of modern neurology. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Around 1887, Charcot held a clinical lecture at the [[Salpêtrière Hospital|Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital]] in [[Paris]], where he demostrated hypnosis. Present at the lecture closest were Mlle. Ecary, a nurse at the Salpêtrière; Marguerite Bottard, the Salpêtrière's nursing director; {{Wiki|Joseph Babinski}}, Charcot's chief house officer; {{Wiki|Marie Wittman}}, Charcot's patient suffering from {{Wiki|hysteria}}. The remaining attendees included many other medical contemporaries and artists; notable among them was {{Wiki|Georges Gilles de la Tourette}}, the physician who described {{Wiki|Tourette syndrome}}.<ref name="Abstergo Files">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Abstergo Files#8|Abstergo Files: "File.0.08\Prj_Animus"]]</ref> | |||
==Legacy== | ==Legacy== | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:36, 5 May 2026
Jean-Martin Charcot (1825 – 1893) was a French neurologist who is considered the founder of modern neurology.
Biography[edit | edit source]
Around 1887, Charcot held a clinical lecture at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris, where he demostrated hypnosis. Present at the lecture closest were Mlle. Ecary, a nurse at the Salpêtrière; Marguerite Bottard, the Salpêtrière's nursing director; Joseph Babinski, Charcot's chief house officer; Marie Wittman, Charcot's patient suffering from hysteria. The remaining attendees included many other medical contemporaries and artists; notable among them was Georges Gilles de la Tourette, the physician who described Tourette syndrome.[1]
Legacy[edit | edit source]
Charcot was well remembered for his studies on hypnosis, a method which was used in the early stages of Abstergo Industries' Animus Project.[1]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations (appears in Abstergo Files only)