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- Abstract:
- An engraving, reprinted from Champfleury's Histoire de l'Imagerie Populaire, which represents the archetypal "Wandering Jew". Meige, a neuroscientist, worked with Charcot on his doctorate. His main work is on dystonia, a disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions, a particular set of which is named after him (Meige Syndrome).
Citation
"AHASVÉRUS, fac-simile d'une gravure allemande de 1618, d'après Champfleury:
Fig. 3
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(1893).
Paris: Capital of the 19th Century.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:1102250/
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Paris: Capital of the 19th Century
...The project, "Paris, Capital of the 19th century," initiated by the French Studies and Comparative Literature Departments of Brown University, provides a window into the cultural, political and social context of 19th century Parisian culture.
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