The Pseudosciene of Delirium

[wrestlingdog]

Readers who can’t identify Jean-Martin Charcot as the name of the French neurologist whose 19th-century experiments with hypnosis influenced Sigmund Freud’s theory of neurosis may yet recognize the work he conducted at the Saltpêtrière Hospital in Paris.

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[chrys20]

I'm sort of chuffed that Jean Charcot is mentioned here. Great and pioneering neurologist, though obviously not perfect.

[chrys20]

On a more pertinent note, my neurologist relatives claim that there IS such a medical condition as 'hysteria' - only not the way it's traditionally understood, and it affects men and women equally.