JEAN M. CHARCOT. 

 By E. G. Stanley, 



Fellow in Comparative Anatomy in Deiiison University. 



In the person of Prof. J. M. Charcot, we mourn the loss 

 of one of the brightest hghts in the realm of neurology, espec- 

 ially of neuro-pathology, and neuro-psychology. 



Born, in the year 1825, of humble parentage, his career 

 will remain as an example of what almost unaided native genius 

 and perseverence can accomplish. 



In 1853 he was graduated from the medical school, and 

 soon after accompained a wealthy parent on a foreign journey. 

 During these months he was able to save the money needed for 

 further study. In 1862 he was made physician to the Sal- 

 petriere, which became and remained renowned through the 

 name and the reputation of Charcot. A fact that might have 

 proved dangerous to his success was that he gained a fortune 

 through marriage, but he seems to have loved science for its 

 own sake; and indeed it is owing to the encouragement and ef- 

 forts of his wife that much of the material used in his lectures, 

 was made accessible to the public. He was so wrapped up in 

 his investigations and in the preparation of new lectures, that he 

 could only with difficulty be urged to prepare anything for the 

 press. He became a member of the Academy of Medicine in 

 1873, and in 1883 he received the honor of election to member- 

 ship in the French Institute. It was during a vacation trip with 

 two of his friends, that, on the night of the i6th of last August, 

 he quietly slept from life to death. 



Among his numerous works, those of most lasting value 

 and especially to the medico-psychologists are his ' ' Maladies 

 des Viellards et les Maladies Chroniques, " his " Maladies du 

 Systeme Nerveux, " and his "Lectures on the Localizations of 

 Cerebral and Spinal Diseases." The " Archives de Neurologic," 



