Charcot and Les Névroses Traumatiques: historical and scientific reflections

• Published in: Revue neurologique Vol. 150; no. 8-9; p. 498
• Main Author: Micale, M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: France 01.08.1994
• Subjects: France; History, 19th Century; Humans; Neurology - history; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - diagnosis; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - etiology; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - history; France

Between 1878 and 1893, Jean-Martin Charcot published over twenty detailed case histories dealing with what he termed "traumatic hysteria" and what today would be labelled the psychoneurology of trauma. Charcot's cases record a highly diverse clinique tableau of symptoms. Etiologically...