Charcot

[ shar-koh ]

noun

1. Jean Bap·tiste É·tienne Au·guste [zhah, n, b, a, -, teest, ey-, tyen, oh-, gyst], 1867–1936, French explorer.
2. his father Jean Mar·tin [zhah, n, m, a, r, -, tan], 1825–93, French neuropathologist.

Charcot

/ ʃarko /

noun

1. CharcotJean Martin18251893MFrenchSCIENCE: neurologist Jean Martin (ʒɑ̃ martɛ̃). 1825–93, French neurologist, noted for his attempt using hypnotism to find an organic cause for hysteria, which influenced Freud

Example Sentences

In the same time period, French neurologist Jean Martin Charcot suggested that patients experiencing symptoms associated with what doctors then called "hysteria" perhaps actually had a history of trauma.

From Salon

As a child, Jacob was treated for neurasthenia by Jean-Martin Charcot, Freud’s mentor.

From Washington Post

In Austria the hero is Sigmund Freud, and only recently has Andreas Mayer laid out just how much he learned from Jean-Martin Charcot’s use of hypnosis.

From Scientific American

Hysteria, originally thought to be a gynaecological condition affecting only women, was recast as neurological in part through the efforts of distinguished nineteenth-century French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot.

From Nature

Whatever you make of Charcot’s outdated, politically problematic medical categories, his idea of unthinkable transformation surely resonates.

From The Guardian