A Clinical Lesson at the Salpêtrière
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Une Leçon clinique à la Salpêtrière[1], André Brouillet picture, 1887.
Professor Charcot was well-known for showing, during his lessons at the Salpêtrière hospital, "hysterical" woman patients – here, his favorite patient, "Blanche" (Marie) Wittman, supported by Joseph Babinski.
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