Shooting Dr. Tourette

Tourette’s mentor, Jean-Martin Charcot, had pioneered the medical use of hypnosis in treating the emotional condition that he first termed “hysteria”. Rose maintained that Tourette and the other Salpetriere doctors had hypnotized her against her will and her defense attorney even argued that the hypnosis had somehow caused the shooting. Following a sensational trial, the judge eventually ruled that hypnosis had nothing to do with Rose Kamper’s actions and she was declared insane

Although Dr. Tourette recovered physically from the shooting, the emotional impact would linger.

Source: drvitelli.typepad.com