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Division of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Dr R Al-Shahi Salman
Bramwell Dott Building, Division of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK;Rustam.Al-Shahi@ed.ac.uk
Received 29 October 2006
In final revised form 13 December 2006
Accepted for publication 16 December 2006
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"Grand rounds" evolved early in the history of neurology, and patients are still frequently presented in person at neurology clinical meetings. The most celebrated grand rounds were led by Jean-Martin Charcot (182593) at the Salpêtrière in Paris, now immortalised in art by André Brouillet (fig 1
). In the weekly "Leçons du Mardi", Charcot presented a patient to a large audience including not only hospital staff but also members of the general public. Although never evaluated formally, feelings about Charcots grand rounds were mixed:
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Some considered the Salpêtrière public "exhibitions" of hysterical women patients in a state of partial nudity (and seemingly stripped as well of conventional Victorian inhibitions on comportment and speech) to go beyond the acceptable conventions of clinical demonstrations. In contrast to the silence on this issue on the. . . [Full text of this article]
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