Chapter XXXII: Section 566: Sed in somno pergit omnium humorum in corpore humano

distributio, circulatio, vis peristaltica ventriculi, intestinorum,
sphincterum, respiratio denique ipsa simili modo exercetur. Haec
compositio in quiete certarum partium, aliarum motu, cognitionem
causae mechanicae somni difficilem reddidit.

Footnote 8:

A French physician by the name of Goudareau has published a
translation of the work under the title: “TRAITé DE MéDECINE
PRATIQUE,” 2 vols., Paris, 1820–1822.

Footnote 9:

At this point one of Wunderlich’s critics makes the comment that
Ludwig Traube may more justly be considered the real founder of
experimental pathology in Germany.

Footnote 10:

“COMMENTARIA IN HERM. BOERHAAVE APHORISMOS DE COGNOSCENDIS ET CURANDIS
MORBIS,” Paris, 1755–1773, 5 vols. in quarto. There exist also English
and French translations of these commentaries.

Footnote 11:

It has often been stated that Lorenz Gasser was the discoverer of the
nodal swelling of the trigeminal nerve which bears the name of
“Gasserian ganglion.” Hyrtl, however, declares that the credit for
this discovery belongs to A. R. B. Hirsch, a Viennese anatomist, who
named it in honor of his teacher, Lorenz Gasser, Professor of Anatomy
in the University of Vienna.—A. H. B.

Footnote 12:

A solution of bichloride of mercury, 4; chloride of sodium and
chloride of ammonium, each 1; water 500.

Footnote 13:

“Illustrissimo viro Lazaro Spallanzani summo naturae in minimis et
difficilimis, indagatori, ob ejus in veri finibus extendendis, merita,
D. D. D. Hallerus.”

[The letters D. D. D. are an abbreviation for “dat, donat, dedicat,”
commonly employed in inscriptions.]

Footnote 14:

Those of 1775 and later years, printed by Grasset, of Lausanne, are
considered the best.

Footnote 15:

At the period which is now under consideration Geneva belonged
strictly to France. It was not until the year 1815 that it was
incorporated with the Confederation of Swiss Cantons.

Footnote 16:

Some authorities state that William Scheele made the same discovery
independently in 1775.

Footnote 17:

Published, in 1908, by John Lane, New York and London; and, for the
reader’s further enlightenment, it should be stated that “Thomas
William Coke of Holkam, Norfolk, England, was a famous country
gentleman who lived from 1754 to 1842, becoming, late in life, the
Earl of Leicester. He was known throughout the world of his time as a
scientific and accomplished agriculturist. Owning great country
estates he was a skillful sportsman, and as an influential member of
Parliament sided with the Americans and against George III and his
ministers in our Revolution.”

Footnote 18:

The title of this memoir is: “_TRAITÉ DES MEMBRANES EN GÉNÉRAL ET DES
DIVERSES MEMBRANES EN PARTICULIER_,” Paris, 1800.

Footnote 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.”

Footnote 20:

Bonaparte was not made Emperor until 1804.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 22:

See foot-note on page 180.

Footnote 23:

For additional information concerning Montpellier’s famous _Faculté de
Médecine_, see farther on under the heading “Jacques Delpech” (page
233).—A. H. B.

Footnote 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.

Footnote 25:

As stated on page 87 the Vienna anatomist, Hyrtl, claims that Duddal,
an English physician, was the first person who described this
membrane.

Footnote 26:

By the word “schools” Chereau evidently means the buildings in which
the different classrooms were located.—A. H. B.

Footnote 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.”

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