Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893) is generally acclaimed as the father of modern clinical neurology. Charcot rose within the ranks of the Paris Hospital systems, and in 1872 was appointed professor of pathological anatomy at the University of Paris. He worked and taught at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital for 33 years. His reputation as a teacher and lecturer drew students and colleagues from all over Europe. He established a neurology clinic at Salpêtrière, the first of its kind in Europe. Charcot mostly focused on clinical symptoms and signs and neurological phenomenology. His writings did not contain material about cerebrovascular disease [1]. Charcot established neurology as an important medical discipline in Europe and throughout the world. One of his most well-known and influential successors in the chair of neurology in Paris was Pierre Marie, a principal figure in bringing lacunar infarction to the attention of the medical community at the turn of the twentieth century.