Jean-Martin Charcot
Jean-Martin Charcot (1825 – 1893) was a French neurologist who is considered the founder of modern neurology.
Biography
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
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)