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Jean-Martin Charcot (1825 – 1893) was a French neurologist who is considered the founder of modern neurology.
Biography
In around 1887, Charcot held a clinical lecture at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris where he demostrated hypnosis. Present at the lecture closest to Charcot 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
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
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations (appears in Abstergo Files only)