title: Jean-Martin Charcot. 1825 to 1893.
abstract: During the 31 years of his working life, Jean-Martin Charcot built up an exceptional career in Salpétrière hospital, and was a pioneer in different fields. He developed an organized teaching and research centre, contributed to increase the medical knowledge with a systematic use of physiology and pathology besides a rigorous clinical analysis, he founded geriatry and neurology and finally tried to create a scientific psychological approach for hysteria.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Clanet
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000266:history*; D009462:Neurology / Q000266:history*