What was the dispute between Charcot and the Nancy School? Why is this
significant?
What will be an ideal response?
The Nancy School, named for the town of Nancy in France, refers to a group
of physicians who believed that hysteria was a form of self-hypnosis. In other words,
they believed that hysteria had a psychological cause. They came to this conclusion as it
was observed that the symptoms of hysteria could be both produced and removed by
means of hypnosis. Charcot, a neurologist, had not been able to replicate the findings of
the Nancy School and argued that degenerative brain changes led to hysteria. The
dispute between Charcot and the Nancy School was a debate about the cause of hysteria (i.e., biological or psychological). In the end, the view of the Nancy
School was accepted. This is said to represent the first recognition of a psychologically
caused mental disorder. GRADING RUBRIC - 10 points total, 4 points for stating the
dispute, 2 points for explaining why it developed, 4 points for explaining its
significance.
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