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Marie Wittman

French woman known as one of the hysteria patients of Jean-Martin Charcot

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Lived 1859–1912, aged 53France
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    1859–1912
    Aged 53
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Updated 2026-06-19

Marie "Blanche" Wittman was a French woman known as one of the hysteria patients of Jean-Martin Charcot. She was institutionalized in La Salpêtrière in 1877, and was treated by Charcot until his death in 1893. She later became a radiology assistant at the hospital, which resulted in amputations of her arms due to radiation poisoning.

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