| Portrait of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, the French 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.) | Frontispiece |
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| Loudun. This photograph, which was taken from one 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.) | 4 |
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| Cardinal Duc de Richelieu. (From a portrait engraved on copper by Nanteuil in 1655.) | 6 |
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| Statue of ThÉophraste Renaudot at Loudun, France. (Courtesy of Monsieur le Pasteur Paul Barnaud, of Sainte Foy la Grande [Gironde], France.) | 8 |
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| Hufeland. (From Eugen Hollaender’s “Medizin und Plastik,” by permission.) | 28 |
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| Albrecht von Haller | 34 |
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| Vignette from the title-page of Haller’s “Elementa Physiologiae,” Lausanne, 1757 | 36 |
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| Gerard Freyherr Van Swieten | 60 |
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| Medal commemorating the discovery of vaccination. (From Eugen Hollaender’s “Medizin und Plastik,” by permission.) | 108 |
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| Edward Jenner. (Copied from Thomas J. Pettigrew’s “Medical Portrait Gallery,” London, 1838. The original portrait was painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence, Royal Academy.) | 110 |
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| Sir Astley Cooper. (Copied from a print in the possession of the New York Academy of Medicine.) | 136 |
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| William Hunter. (Copied from Thomas J. Pettigrew’s “Medical Portrait Gallery,” Fisher & Son, London, 1838. The original portrait was painted by Pyne; the engraving was done by J. Thomson.) | 140 |
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| John Hunter. (Copied from Thomas J. Pettigrew’s “Medical Portrait Gallery,” London, 1838. The original portrait was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds; the engraving was done by G. H. Adcock.) | 144 |
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| Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, Bart., F.R.S., 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.) | 148 |
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| Sir Charles Bell. (Copied from a print in the possession of the New York Academy of Medicine.) | 154 |
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| Bichat | 162 |
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| Costume worn by Paris physicians in the eighteenth century. (From Alfred Franklin’s “La Vie PrivÉe d’Autrefois,” Paris, 1892.) | 172 |
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| Gaspard Laurent Bayle | 182 |
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| A candidate for the degree of “Doctor of Medicine” defending his thesis before the examining committee of the Paris Faculty of Medicine. (From “La Vie Universitaire,” Paris, 1918.) | 184 |
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| Corvisart. (Copied from an old French print in the possession of the New York Academy of Medicine.) | 188 |
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| LaËnnec. (Copied from an old French print in the possession of the New York Academy of Medicine.) | 196 |
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| The FacultÉ de MÉdecine and the Cathedral at Montpellier, France. (Courtesy of Monsieur le Pasteur Paul Barnaud, of Sainte Foy la Grande [Gironde], France.) | 198 |
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| The “Court of Honor” of the FacultÉ de MÉdecine at Montpellier, France. (Courtesy of Monsieur le Pasteur Paul Barnaud, of Sainte Foy la Grande [Gironde], France.) | 200 |
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| Montpellier. Vestibule of the FacultÉ de MÉdecine at Montpellier, France. (Courtesy of Monsieur le Pasteur Paul Barnaud, of Sainte Foy la Grande [Gironde], France.) | 202 |
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| Charles A. P. Louis | 204 |
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| Broussais | 208 |
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| Jean-Louis Petit | 216 |
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| Dupuytren | 226 |
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| FOUNDATION OF THE FIRST NEWSPAPER IN PARIS, FRANCE, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PRIVATE AGENCIES FOR AIDING THE POOR
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