TY - JOUR T1 - Jean Martin Charcot (1825–93) and Jean Baptiste Charcot (1867–1936) JF - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry JO - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry SP - 524 LP - 524 DO - 10.1136/jnnp.71.4.524 VL - 71 IS - 4 AU - LF HAAS Y1 - 2001/10/01 UR - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/71/4/524.abstract N2 - Jean Martin Charcot spent more than 30 years of his career at the Salpêtrière and established the great school of neurology there. Charcot's interest in neurology was slow to evolve. He was inspired largely by his contemporary, Duchenne. Charcot was also a contemporary of Broca. Freud was among his pupils. Charcot's famous lessons dealt with all matters of neurological importance, including cerebral localisation in 1875 and 1876. Early in his career he also made several contributions to general medicine. His particular interests included hysteria and hypnotismCharcot convincingly demonstrated cortical motor centres in humans. He delineated the brain's vascular … ER -