La Salpêtrière

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1856: Jean-Martin Charcot became the Médecin des...

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1856

Jean-Martin Charcot became the Médecin des Hôspitaux de Paris at La Salpêtrière .

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.

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.

1870: French physician Jean-Martin Charcot began...

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1870

French physician Jean-Martin Charcot began developing a systematic theory of hysteria.

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.

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.

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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