La Salpêtrière
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1856: Jean-Martin Charcot became the Médecin des...
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1856
1867: The Matlock Bank water cure, very popular...
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1867
The Matlock Bank water cure, very popular with female clients, boasted warm-water douches, electrotherapy , and electric baths.
1870: French physician Jean-Martin Charcot began...
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1870
French physician Jean-Martin Charcot
began developing a systematic theory of hysteria.
Circa 1870: At La Salpêtrière hospital in Paris, patients...
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Circa 1870
At La Salpêtrière
hospital in Paris, patients classified as non-psychotic epileptics and hysterics were moved into the Quarter for Pure Epileptics, with Jean-Martin Charcot
as the senior physician.
1878-1893: Jean-Martin Charcot gave increasingly popular...
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1878-1893
Jean-Martin Charcot
gave increasingly popular public lectures on hysteria at La Salpêtrière
in Paris.
1878: Electromechanical vibrators were probably...
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1878
Electromechanical vibrators were probably first used medically in the treatment of hysteria at La Salpêtrière
in Paris.
1881: The Chair of Diseases of the Nervous System...
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1881
The Chair of Diseases of the Nervous System was established at La Salpêtrière
by France's Chamber of Deputies
, making neurology a separate discipline; Jean-Martin Charcot
was appointed as first Chair in 1882.
October 1885-February 1886: Sigmund Freud worked with Jean-Martin Charcot...
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October 1885-February 1886
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