'n 1Education of a Physician
2: The Struggle for a Career in Paris Medicine
3: The Development of a Career in Neurology
4: Charcot's Major Neurological Interests
5: Charcot and the Artistry of Neurological Practice
6: Hysteria
7: Fame
8: Charcot's Private Life
9: Charcot's Death and Legacy
"The authors...are recognized experts in the history of French
neurology...Their collaboration has produced a superb book, the
most comprehensive and authoritative work to date on Charcot and
his time....Those with an interest in neuroscience or medical
history who venture into its pages will not be able to put it
down."--The New England Journal of Medicine
"This excellent book surveys Charcot's life and career. The three
authors have melded their clinical and historical talents to relate
Charcot to the France of his time. This work is recommended to
anyone interested in the early development of clinical
neurology."-JAMA
"A seamlessly woven portrait of a man and his age that at last does
full justice to the sitter and his major contributions to neurology
and psychiatry....Wherever future studies of Charcot and his works
may lead them, historical scholars will remain deeply indebted to
Drs. Goetz, Bonduelle, and Gelfand for having provided a definitive
account of his life and a penetrating evaluation of his importance
for the development of modern neurology and
psychiatry."--Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
"[Authored] by an international triumvirate of well known medical
historians...Very well written, organized, and
illustrated."--Journal of the History of the Behavioral
Sciences
"The authors comprise a fortunate combination of an American
neurologist with strong historical interests, a French neurologist
with similar credentials, and a professional historian of medicine.
Their use of previously unworked primary sources is
prodigious."--Samuel H. Greenblatt, Neurosurgery
"Here is an amazing book. Amazing because, translated from the
English, it has all the allure of a French work of supreme
craftmanship. Amazing, moreover, because of the erudition and the
intimate knowledge of French society in the XIXth century, of which
the authors have shown proof."--Revue de neurologie
"Crowns one stage in the maturation of Charcot studies....The book
is praiseworthy....It is much better than most medical biographies
and hugely superior to most doctor-authored biographies."--Journal
of the History of Medicine
"In the grand tradition of Anglo-Saxon biographies...A needed and
completely successful work."--L'Evolution Psychiatriaque
"It reads with real pleasure throughout...Brings to life [Charcot]
with all his complexities and allows the reader to better
comprehend him in comparison to his contemporaries."--Cahiers
Goncourt
"A remarkable book, thoroughly conscientious and engrossing at the
same time...an intellectual biography....Charcot has many
illustrations about the neurologist's life, as well as by him,
which add notably to the success of the text....The authors, two
neurologists and one historian, have succeeded in collaborating
seamlessly..."--Canadian Bulletin of Medical History
"I enjoyed learning more about the man who named my disease."--CMT
Newsletter
"The authors...are recognized experts in the history of French
neurology...Their collaboration has produced a superb book, the
most comprehensive and authoritative work to date on Charcot and
his time....Those with an interest in neuroscience or medical
history who venture into its pages will not be able to put it
down."--The New England Journal of Medicine
"This excellent book surveys Charcot's life and career. The three
authors have melded their clinical and historical talents to relate
Charcot to the France of his time. This work is recommended to
anyone interested in the early development of clinical
neurology."-JAMA
"A seamlessly woven portrait of a man and his age that at last does
full justice to the sitter and his major contributions to neurology
and psychiatry....Wherever future studies of Charcot and his works
may lead them, historical scholars will remain deeply indebted to
Drs. Goetz, Bonduelle, and Gelfand for having provided a definitive
account of his life and a penetrating evaluation of his importance
for the development of modern neurology and
psychiatry."--Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
"[Authored] by an international triumvirate of well known medical
historians...Very well written, organized, and
illustrated."--Journal of the History of the Behavioral
Sciences
"The authors comprise a fortunate combination of an American
neurologist with strong historical interests, a French neurologist
with similar credentials, and a professional historian of medicine.
Their use of previously unworked primary sources is
prodigious."--Samuel H. Greenblatt, Neurosurgery
"Here is an amazing book. Amazing because, translated from the
English, it has all the allure of a French work of supreme
craftmanship. Amazing, moreover, because of the erudition and the
intimate knowledge of French society in the XIXth century, of which
the authors have shown proof."--Revue de neurologie
"Crowns one stage in the maturation of Charcot studies....The book
is praiseworthy....It is much better than most medical biographies
and hugely superior to most doctor-authored biographies."--Journal
of the History of Medicine
"In the grand tradition of Anglo-Saxon biographies...A needed and
completely successful work."--L'Evolution Psychiatriaque
"It reads with real pleasure throughout...Brings to life [Charcot]
with all his complexities and allows the reader to better
comprehend him in comparison to his contemporaries."--Cahiers
Goncourt
"A remarkable book, thoroughly conscientious and engrossing at the
same time...an intellectual biography....Charcot has many
illustrations about the neurologist's life, as well as by him,
which add notably to the success of the text....The authors, two
neurologists and one historian, have succeeded in collaborating
seamlessly..."--Canadian Bulletin of Medical History
"This excellent book surveys Charcot's life and career. The three
authors have melded their clinical and historical talents to relate
Charcot to the France of his time. This work is recommended to
anyone interested in the early development of clinical
neurology."--The Journal of the American Medical Association
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