Chapter XXVII: Armand Trousseau, one of the last 265

of France’s Great Clinical Teachers

List of the More Important Authorities Consulted 271

General Index 277

Footnotes 300

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Portrait of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, the French Frontispiece
chemist and biologist who contributed more than
anyone else to our knowledge of the chemistry
and physiology of oxygen. (Copied from the
frontispiece of Volume I of Lavoisier’s “Works,”
published by the French Government in 1864.)

Loudun. This photograph, which was taken from one 4
of the highest points in the village of Loudun,
shows its elevated position above the
surrounding country and affords a bird’s-eye
view of the adjacent river, the Martray.
(Courtesy of Monsieur le Pasteur Paul Barnaud,
of Sainte Foy la Grande [Gironde], France.)

Cardinal Duc de Richelieu. (From a portrait 6
engraved on copper by Nanteuil in 1655.)

Statue of Théophraste Renaudot at Loudun, France. 8
(Courtesy of Monsieur le Pasteur Paul Barnaud,
of Sainte Foy la Grande [Gironde], France.)

Hufeland. (From Eugen Hollaender’s “_Medizin und 28
Plastik_,” by permission.)

Albrecht von Haller 34

Vignette from the title-page of Haller’s 36
“_Elementa Physiologiae_,” Lausanne, 1757

Gerard Freyherr Van Swieten 60

Medal commemorating the discovery of vaccination. 108
(From Eugen Hollaender’s “_Medizin und
Plastik_,” by permission.)

Edward Jenner. (Copied from Thomas J. Pettigrew’s 110
“Medical Portrait Gallery,” London, 1838. The
original portrait was painted by Sir Thomas
Lawrence, Royal Academy.)

Sir Astley Cooper. (Copied from a print in the 136
possession of the New York Academy of Medicine.)

William Hunter. (Copied from Thomas J. Pettigrew’s 140
“Medical Portrait Gallery,” Fisher & Son,
London, 1838. The original portrait was painted
by Pyne; the engraving was done by J. Thomson.)

John Hunter. (Copied from Thomas J. Pettigrew’s 144
“Medical Portrait Gallery,” London, 1838. The
original portrait was painted by Sir Joshua
Reynolds; the engraving was done by G. H.
Adcock.)

Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, Bart., F.R.S., 148
Sergeant Surgeon to the Queen. (Copied from
Thomas J. Pettigrew’s “Medical Portrait
Gallery,” London, 1838. The original portrait
was painted by H. Room; the engraving was done
by J. Brain.)

Sir Charles Bell. (Copied from a print in the 154
possession of the New York Academy of Medicine.)

Bichat 162

Costume worn by Paris physicians in the eighteenth 172
century. (From Alfred Franklin’s “_La Vie Privée
d’Autrefois_,” Paris, 1892.)

Gaspard Laurent Bayle 182

A candidate for the degree of “Doctor of Medicine” 184
defending his thesis before the examining
committee of the Paris Faculty of Medicine.
(From “_La Vie Universitaire_,” Paris, 1918.)

Corvisart. (Copied from an old French print in the 188
possession of the New York Academy of Medicine.)

Laënnec. (Copied from an old French print in the 196
possession of the New York Academy of Medicine.)

The _Faculté de Médecine_ and the Cathedral at 198
Montpellier, France. (Courtesy of Monsieur le
Pasteur Paul Barnaud, of Sainte Foy la Grande
[Gironde], France.)

The “Court of Honor” of the _Faculté de Médecine_ 200
at Montpellier, France. (Courtesy of Monsieur le
Pasteur Paul Barnaud, of Sainte Foy la Grande
[Gironde], France.)

Montpellier. Vestibule of the _Faculté de 202
Médecine_ at Montpellier, France. (Courtesy of
Monsieur le Pasteur Paul Barnaud, of Sainte Foy
la Grande [Gironde], France.)

Charles A. P. Louis 204

Broussais 208

Jean-Louis Petit 216

Dupuytren 226

Desgenettes 242

Baron Larrey 244

Eighteenth-century plan showing the relations of 258
the Paris _École de Médecine_ to _Hôtel-Dieu_,
the Cathedral of Nôtre Dame and the River Seine.
(Reduced copy of the cut printed in Franklin’s
“_La Vie Privée d’Autrefois_,” Paris, 1892.)

Side of the Paris _Faculté de Médecine_ which 260
fronts on the _Rue de l’École de Médecine_.
(From “_La Vie Universitaire_.”)

View of the former _École de Médecine_ since it 260
has been incorporated with the new structures of
the _Faculté de Médecine_. (From _“La Vie
Universitaire.”_)

Musée Dupuytren. Formerly the refectory of the 260
Convent of the Cordeliers (Franciscans), in the
fifteenth century. (From “_La Vie
Universitaire_.”)

Device of the _École de Médecine de Paris_. 262
(Adopted by the Faculty in 1597.) (Three storks,
each holding a twig of origanum in its beak; and
at the top of the design the motto “_Urbi et
Orbi Salus_” [Health to the City and to all the
World].)

Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris. Planned and drawn by 264
Claude Chatillon, architect, in 1608. (Copied
from Tenon’s “_Mémoires sur les Hôpitaux de
Paris_,” Paris, 1816; reduced about one-half.)

Trousseau 266

Velpeau. A contemporary of Trousseau and one of 268
France’s most distinguished surgeons. (Copied
from a print in the possession of Transylvania
College, Lexington, Kentucky.)

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