Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Jean-Martin Charcot

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a French doctor Jean-Martin Charcot.

Last updated on April 14, 2025.

Jean-Martin Charcot was a French neurologist and professor of anatomical pathology. He worked on hypnosis and hysteria, in particular with his hysteria patient Louise Augustine Gleizes. 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.

French - Doctor | November 29, 1825 - August 16, 1893

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Symptoms, then, are in reality nothing but a cry from suffering organs.

Jean-Martin Charcot

If the clinician, as observer, wishes to see things as they really are, he must make a tabula rasa of his mind and proceed without any preconceived notions whatever.

Jean-Martin Charcot

How is it, one fine morning, Duchenne discovered a disease which probably existed in the time of Hippocrates.

Jean-Martin Charcot

Theory is good; but it doesn't prevent things from existing.

Jean-Martin Charcot