Les démoniaques dans l'art: Charcot and the “hysterical saints”

Professor Jean-Martin Charcot was the founder of clinical neurology and one of the prominent researchers in the field of hysteria in the 19^th century. His bookLes démoniaques dans l'art is a representation of hysterical symptoms in religion and religious art. This paper aims to discuss Charcot's descriptions of hysteria in religion and his “hysterical saints”.

Keywords
Hysteria; History of Medicine; Religion and Medicine; Art; Epilepsy

Authorship

Léo Coutinho Address for correspondence Léo Coutinho (e-mail: leocoutinho23@hotmail.com).

organization and execution of the research project

writing of the first draft

review

critique

Universidade Federal do Paraná, Serviço de Neurologia, Unidade de Distúrbios do Movimento, Curitiba PR, Brazil.Universidade Federal do ParanáBrazilCuritiba, PR, BrazilUniversidade Federal do Paraná, Serviço de Neurologia, Unidade de Distúrbios do Movimento, Curitiba PR, Brazil.

Universidade Federal do Paraná, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Interna, Grupo de Doenças Neurológicas, Curitiba PR, Brazil.Universidade Federal do ParanáBrazilCuritiba, PR, BrazilUniversidade Federal do Paraná, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Interna, Grupo de Doenças Neurológicas, Curitiba PR, Brazil.

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4921-2939

Marlon Wycliff Caeira

review and critique

writing of the final manuscript

Universidade Federal do Paraná, Serviço de Neurologia, Unidade de Epilepsia, Curitiba PR, Brazil.Universidade Federal do ParanáBrazilCuritiba, PR, BrazilUniversidade Federal do Paraná, Serviço de Neurologia, Unidade de Epilepsia, Curitiba PR, Brazil.

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9094-4141

Luciano de Paola

review and critique

writing of the final manuscript

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0512-610X

Olivier Walusinski

organization and execution of the research project

review

critique

writing of the final manuscript

Private Practive, Brou, France.Private PractiveFranceBrou, FrancePrivate Practive, Brou, France.

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6927-7946

Francisco Eduardo Costa Cardoso

review and critique

writing of the final manuscript

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Hospital das Clínicas, Serviço de Neurologia, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil.Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazilBelo Horizonte, MG, BrazilUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Hospital das Clínicas, Serviço de Neurologia, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil.

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0808-0116

Plinio Marcos Garcia de Lima

conception

organization

execution of the research project

Universidade Federal do Paraná, Serviço de Neurologia, Curitiba PR, Brazil.Universidade Federal do ParanáBrazilCuritiba, PR, BrazilUniversidade Federal do Paraná, Serviço de Neurologia, Curitiba PR, Brazil.

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6143-6666

Hélio A. Ghizoni Teive

conception and organization of the research project

review

critique

writing of the final manuscript

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2305-1073

Address for correspondence Léo Coutinho (e-mail: leocoutinho23@hotmail.com).

Conflict of Interest

There is no conflict of interest to declare.

SCIMAGO INSTITUTIONS RANKINGS

Private Practive, Brou, France.Private PractiveFranceBrou, FrancePrivate Practive, Brou, France.

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Figure. 1
(A) Professor Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893). (B) Paul Richer (1849–1933). Source A: The Wellcome collection. Licensed under a public domain mark. Source B: Bibliothèques d'Université Paris Cité. Licensed under a public domain mark.

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(A) Sainte Catherine de Sienne en extase. (B) Saint Francis receives the stigmata, by Cigoli. (C) Ecstasy of Saint Margaret of Cortona, by Giovanni Lanfranco. (D) The ecstasy of Saint Francis of Assisi, by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. (E) The ecstasy of Saint Teresa, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Source A: Les démoniaques dans l'art.⁷7 Charcot JM, Richer P. Les démoniaques dans l'art. 1887 Licensed under a public domain mark. Source B: Le gallerie degli Uffizi. Licensed under a public domain mark. Source C: Web Gallery of art. Licensed under a public domain mark. Source D: Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. Licensed under a public domain mark. Source E: From Prof. Francisco Cardoso's private archives.

Figure. 1 (A) Professor Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893). (B) Paul Richer (1849–1933). Source A: The Wellcome collection. Licensed under a public domain mark. Source B: Bibliothèques d'Université Paris Cité. Licensed under a public domain mark.

Figure. 2 (A) Sainte Catherine de Sienne en extase. (B) Saint Francis receives the stigmata, by Cigoli. (C) Ecstasy of Saint Margaret of Cortona, by Giovanni Lanfranco. (D) The ecstasy of Saint Francis of Assisi, by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. (E) The ecstasy of Saint Teresa, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Source A: Les démoniaques dans l'art.⁷7 Charcot JM, Richer P. Les démoniaques dans l'art. 1887 Licensed under a public domain mark. Source B: Le gallerie degli Uffizi. Licensed under a public domain mark. Source C: Web Gallery of art. Licensed under a public domain mark. Source D: Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. Licensed under a public domain mark. Source E: From Prof. Francisco Cardoso's private archives.

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[1] Address for correspondence Léo Coutinho (e-mail: leocoutinho23@hotmail.com).