Which of the following people was one of Sigmund Freud’s instructors and believed that hypnosis could cure hysteria?

Jean-Martin Charcot was one of Freud’s instructors at the Salpêtrière in Paris. He used hypnosis in his study and treatment of hysteria, believing it could help relieve hysterical symptoms. Josef Breuer also used hypnosis with patients, but the instructor described in the question was Charcot.

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