Keywords: Une leçon à la Salpétrière; Tableau de M. André Brouillet.jpg This print reproduces a famous painting which was exhibited during the World Fair and which represents the famous physician Charcot giving a lecture on hysteria Charcot was a very renowned professor and specialized in mental diseases and hysteria in particular He taught the young Sigmund Freud among many others In this image the hysterical woman is fainting in the arms of Charcot's colleague while the professor standing next to her is giving his lecture engraving 30 3 x 44 cm Institution Brown University Library object history exhibition history credit line L' exposition de Paris publiée avec la collaboration d'écrivains spéciaux Vol 2 Paris Librairie Illustrée accession number 1254157680171966 PD-old Engravings of Paris Images of Paris from the Brown University Library Jean-Martin Charcot André Brouillet Historical images of the Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière Hypnosis |