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Jean-Martin Charcot and the Aging Brain
Christopher G. Goetz, MD
Arch Neurol. 2002;59:1821-1824.
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INTRODUCTION
Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893) was the premier clinical neurologist of the 19th century (Figure 1). As the original chaired Professor of Diseases of the Nervous System at the University of Paris, he was an international celebrity who published widely and traveled internationally.1 For a variety of administrative, medical, and research reasons, most of Charcot's neurological work involved the aging brain and nervous system. The focal geographic point of Charcot's illustrious career was the Salpêtrière Hospital, officially known as the Hospice de Vieillesse-Femmes, or State Hospice for the Elderly–Women's Division. Within the walls of this enormous complex, Charcot created a neurological mecca and developed a large inpatient unit, clinical laboratories, and a comprehensive pathology service for studies of autopsy specimens. However, when Charcot arrived at the Salpêtrière in 1862 as a new appointee in the public health system, the environment did not immediately favor a successful . . . [Full Text of this Article]
CHARCOT AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS ESPECIALLY PREVALENT IN ELDERLY PERSONS
Parkinson Disease Senile Tremor Stroke Syndromes and Cerebral Hemorrhage
CHARCOT AND HIS OWN AGING NERVOUS SYSTEM
From the Department of Neurological Sciences and Pharmacology, Rush University/Rush-Presbyterian-St Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Ill.
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