[19]. Free Translation into English.—“This monument has been erected in honor of citizens Desault and Bichat by their contemporaries, who wish in this manner to show their appreciation of the valuable services which these two men have rendered to medicine: Desault by the important part which he played in renewing the life and vigor of French Surgery, and Bichat by his untiring efforts, both by teaching and by research work, to extend the limits of the domain of Medicine. Successful as were these efforts the results would certainly have been much greater if death had not put an end to his work before Bichat had completed his 31st year.”
[20]. Bonaparte was not made Emperor until 1804.
[21]. This—says the author of the biographical sketch from which I derive my information—is a bit of sarcasm suggested to Bayle’s mind by the fact that Petit-Radel was well-known at that period to be particularly fond of favoring systems in his contributions to medical literature.
[22]. See foot-note on page [180].
[23]. For additional information concerning Montpellier’s famous Faculté de Médecine, see farther on under the heading “Jacques Delpech” (page 233).—A. H. B.
[24]. To prevent confusion I beg to remind the reader that there were two men living in Paris at this period who both bore the name of Louis and who were almost equally celebrated, viz., Antoine Louis, the surgeon, and Charles A. P. Louis, the subject of the present remarks.
[25]. As stated on page 87 the Vienna anatomist, Hyrtl, claims that Duddal, an English physician, was the first person who described this membrane.
[26]. By the word “schools” Chereau evidently means the buildings in which the different classrooms were located.—A. H. B.
[27]. Voltaire says (p. 328 of “Pages Choisies des Grands Écrivains,” Paris, Librairie Armand Colin, 1910): “That Piarrou de Chamousset (1717–1773), a wealthy philanthropist, built a model hospital in which every patient had a bed to himself or herself. Since that time the practice of putting two patients in one bed has been abandoned.”