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  • Jean-Martin Charcot demonstrating hysteria in a hypnotised patient at the Salpêtrière. Etching by A. Lurat, 1888, after P.A.A. Brouillet, 1887.
  • Jean-Martin Charcot demonstrating hysteria in a hypnotised patient at the Salpêtrière. Etching by A. Lurat, 1888, after P.A.A. Brouillet, 1887.
  • Sir Arthur Hurst with a group of British and Parisian doctors, on the occasion of his visit to the Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris. Process print, 1928.
  • Eight women representing the conditions of dementia, megalomania, acute mania, melancholia, idiocy, hallucination, erotic mania and paralysis, in the gardens of the Salpêtrière hospital, Paris. Lithograph by A. Gautier, 1857.
  • Eight women representing the conditions of dementia, megalomania, acute mania, melancholia, idiocy, hallucination, erotic mania and paralysis, in the gardens of the Salpêtrière hospital, Paris. Lithograph by A. Gautier, 1857.
  • Wax model of the human male generative organs and viscera, made by an anonymous collaborator of La Croix from dissections made by M. Faget while surgeon at the Hôpital Général de la Salpêtrière. Engraving by R. Gaillard after J. De Seve, 1749.
  • Anne Buiret, a French woman pretending to be the Marquise de Champignelles, sits in an armchair next to her lawyer, who points to La Salpêtrière in the background, thereby hinting at the fact that he had been instrumental in saving her from a fate in a lunatic asylum. Lithograph by Masse.
  • 3D-printed reconstruction of a healthy adult human brain
  • J-M Charcot, Lecons sur les maladies du systeme
  • J. M. Charcot, Diseases of the nervous syste
  • J. M. Charcot, Diseases of the nervous syste
  • J. M. Charcot, Diseases of the nervous syste
  • J. M. Charcot, Diseases of the nervous syste
  • G. Guillain, J-M Charcot, sa vie - son oeuvr
  • Joseph Babinski (front row, centre) and colleagues, Hôpital de la Pitié, Paris. Photograph, 1922.
  • Adenolipomatose Symetrique a Predominance Cervicale (Launois et Bensaude).
  • Two photographs of a woman suffering from anorexia nervosa
  • Adenolipomatose Symetrique a Predominance Cervicale (Launois et Bensaude).
  • Two photographs, before and after treatment for anorexia
  • J.M. Charcot, Lectures on the diseases of th
  • J.M. Charcot, Lectures on the diseases of th
  • Two photographs of a woman suffering from anorexia
  • Four photographs of a woman, showing anorexia nervosa
  • Philippe Pinel. Lithograph by Ducarme, 1827, after A. Maurin.
  • Philippe Pinel. Lithograph by Ducarme, 1827, after A. Maurin.
  • Cosmetic surgery: a man who has had corrective surgery to his ears; the back of his head. Photograph, 1909 (?).
  • Cosmetic surgery: a man who has had corrective surgery to his ears. Photograph, 1909 (?).
  • A woman diagnosed as suffering from melancholia with fear, or fear of everything, and with a propensity to attempt suicide. Lithograph, 1892, after a drawing made for Sir Alexander Morison.
  • A woman diagnosed as suffering from melancholia. Lithograph, 1892, after a drawing made for Sir Alexander Morison.
  • A woman diagnosed as suffering from melancholia with fear, or fear of everything, and with a propensity to attempt suicide. Lithograph, 1892, after a drawing made for Sir Alexander Morison.