17. Charcot, Jean-Martin. Autograph letter signed (“Charcot”) twice, 3 pages (5 x 8 in.; 127 x 203 mm.), front and back on conjoined leaves, in French, Paris, 28 July 1888, written to “Sir”. Nearly separated at fold; six staple holes present on each leaf; light toning on edges.

Jean-Martin Charcot, “the founder of modern neurology,” prescribes a treatment plan for a patient.

Charcot writes in part:
Sir, I recall perfectly well all the details of your son's care, a very interesting and curious case in all aspects. I should be very glad if a noticeable improvement was achieved with the treatment. Enclosed is the treatment plan that in my opinion should be followed during the summer months. Charcot

1st. The use of the Elixir d’Yvon . . . should be continued. For one week one takes 3 coffee spoons of the elixir each day and for another week one takes 4, goes back then to 3 for a week, 4 the next, and so on without interruption.
2nd. There is no mineral water that would not be useful; the best would be to go to a country place where the hydrotherapy could be continued, as for example in Geneva under the direction of Dr. Glatz – walking exercises would also be useful. Another in Switzerland at Schonried, under the direction of Dr. Wunderlich.
3rd. In my opinion also the ergot should be continued in lesser doses than previously for a month or two. Paris, 28 July 1888 Charcot
The hydrotherapy is also very good at Vichy (Dr. Lejeune), at Gérardmer, Vosges (Dr. Greuelhe.)

Jean-Martin Charcot was a French neurologist and professor of anatomical pathology. From 1862 he was a physician at the Salpêtrière Hospital, the largest hospital in Paris, where he established a neurological clinic. Interested in the diseases of long-term patients - arthritis, sclerosis and other chronic nervous conditions - Charcot is known for his work on hysteria and hypnotism, sclerosis (hence the name “Charcot's Disease” for cerebrospinal sclerosis), locomotor ataxia, senile diseases, etc. He supported the idea that specific aspects of behavior were controlled from particular local centers in the brain. Through the use of hypnosis, he was able to control the behavior of hysterics by gesture and suggestion. Freud himself was greatly impressed by Charcot’s demonstrations of hysteria, for they suggested a world of the unconscious beyond the rational control of the subject. $1,200 - $1,500

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