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After Jean-Martin Charcot, the founder of modern neurology took over in 1853, the Salpêtrière became known as a psychiatric center. His teaching activities on the Salpêtrière’s wards helped to elucidate the natural history and pathophysiology of illnesses including neurosyphilis, epilepsy, and stroke. Students and the public came from all over Europe to listen to Charcot’s lectures. Among them was a young Sigmund Freud.

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