Jean-Martin Charcot was a French neurologist and professor of anatomical pathology. He is known as the founder of modern neurology, and his name has been associated with at least 15 medical eponyms, including various conditions sometimes referred to as Charcot diseases.
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His name is attached to at least 15 medical eponyms.
Charcot was a French neurologist and professor of anatomical pathology. Sources describe him as the founder of modern neurology, and his name has been associated with at least 15 medical eponyms, including various conditions sometimes referred to as Charcot diseases.
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Jean-Martin Charcot's 1869 clinical and pathological description first characterized the disease, historically also called Charcot's disease.
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Jean-Martin Charcot was a French neurologist and professor of anatomical pathology. ... Charcot is known as "the founder of modern neurology", and his name has been associated with at least 15 medical eponyms, including various conditions sometimes referred to as Charcot diseases.
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November 29, 1825
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August 16, 1893
In Group: Neurologists and Biological Psychiatry Pioneers, Introduction, sentence 1
Jean-Martin Charcot (French: [ʒɑ̃ maʁtɛ̃ ʃaʁko]; 29 November 1825-16 August 1893) was a French neurologist and professor of anatomical pathology.
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