Requiem for a neurologist: the funeral rites of Jean-Martin Charcot

ABSTRACT

Jean-Martin Charcot, the founder of modern neurology and leading figure in international neurology in the 19^th century, died on August 16, 1893, in the province of Morvan in the French countryside, at the age of 67. The funeral service was held in Paris at the La Salpêtrière Hospital, and Charcot was buried in Montmartre cemetery in the same city.

RESUMO

Jean-Martin Charcot, o fundador da moderna neurologia e figura exponencial da neurologia mundial no século XIX, faleceu no dia 16 de agosto de 1893, na província de Morvan, no interior da França, aos 67 anos de idade. O serviço funerário foi realizado em Paris, no hospital de La Salpêtrière e o enterro ocorreu no cemitério Montmartre, também em Paris.

Keywords:

neurology - Jean-Martin Charcot - history

Palavras-chave:

neurologia - Jean-Martin Charcot - história

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