Broken dynasty: how Jean Batiste Charcot relinquished his father's neurological empire to conquer the seven seas.

The authors review the relationship between Jean-Martin Charcot, the most celebrate Professor of Neurology of the XIX century, and his son, Jean-Baptiste Charcot, former a physician and neurologist and after Professor Charcot's death, a worldwide famous maritime explorer, the "Commander Charcot."