See also:

• MARIE

MARIE See also:

• JEAN

JEAN See also:

• PIERRE

PIERRE See also:

• FLOURENS, GUSTAVE (1838-1871)
• MARIE JEAN PIERRE FLOURENS (1794-1867)

FLOURENS (1794-1867)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French physiologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Maureilhan, near See also:

• BEZIERS

Beziers, in the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

• HERAULT

Herault, on the 15th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1794 . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of fifteen he began the study of See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine at See also:

• MONTPELLIER

Montpellier, where in 1823 he received the degree of See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor . In the following See also:

• YEAR

year he repaired to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, provided with an introduction from A . P. de See also:

• CANDOLLE, AUGUSTIN PYRAME DE (1778—1841)

Candolle, the botanist, to See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron See also:

• CUVIER, GEORGES LEOPOLD CHRETIEN FREDERIC DAGOBERT, BARON (1769-1832)

Cuvier, who received him kindly, and interested himself in his welfare . At Paris See also:

• FLOURENS, GUSTAVE (1838-1871)
• FLOURENS, MARIE JEAN PIERRE (1794-1867)

Flourens engaged in physiological See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research, occasionally contributing to See also:

• LITERARY

literary publications; and in 1821, at the Athenee there, he gave a course of lectures on the physiological theory of the sensations, which attracted much See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention amongst men of See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science . His See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper entitled Recherches experimentales sur See also:

• LES

les proprietes et les fonctions du systeme nerveux dans les animaux vertebras, in which he, from experimental See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence, sought to assign their See also:

• SPECIAL

special functions to the cerebrum, corpora quadrigemina and cerebellum, was the subject of a highly commendatory See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report by Cuvier, adopted by the French See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy of Sciences in 1822 . He was chosen by Cuvier in 1828 to deliver for him a course of lectures on natural See also:

• HISTORY

history at the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College de See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, and in the same year became, in See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession to L . A . G . See also:

• BOSC, LOUIS AUGUSTIN GUILLAUME (1759-1828)

Bosc, a member of the See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute, in the See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division " Economic rurale." In 183o he became Cuvier's substitute as lecturer on human See also:

• ANATOMY
• ANATOMY (Gr. avaroyil, from ava-silo c', to cut up)

anatomy at the Jardin du Roi, and in 1832 was elected to the See also:

• POST

post of titular See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor, which he vacated for the professorship of See also:

• COMPARATIVE

comparative anatomy created for, him at the museum of the Jardin the same year . In 1833 Flourens, in accordance with the dying See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request of Cuvier, was appointed a perpetual secretary of the Academy of Sciences; and in 1838 he was returned as a See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy for the':See also:

• ARRONDISSEMENT (from arrondir, to make round)

arrondissement of Beziers . In 184o he was elected, in preference to See also:

• VICTOR
• VICTOR, GAIUS JULIUS (4th cent. A.D.)
• VICTOR, SEXTUS AURELIUS

Victor See also:

• HUGO, GUSTAV VON (1764–1844)
• HUGO, VICTOR MARIE (1802-1885)

Hugo, to succeed J .

F . See also:

• MICHAUD, JOSEPH FRANCOIS (1767–1839)

Michaud at the French Academy; and in 1845 he was created a See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of the See also:

• LEGION (Lat. legio)

legion of See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour, and in the next year a peer of France . In See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1847 Flourens directed the attention of the Academy of Sciences to the anaesthetic effect of See also:

• CHLOROFORM (trichlor-methane), CHC13

chloroform on animals . On the revolution of 1848 he withdrew completely from See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• LIFE

life; and in 1855 he accepted the professorship of natural history at the College de France . He died at Montgeron, near Paris, on the 6th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1867 . Besides numerous shorter scientific See also:

• MEMOIRS

memoirs, Flourens published—Essai sur quelques points de la See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine de la revulsion et de la deri-vation (Montpellier, 1813) ; Experiences sur le systeme nerveux (Paris, 1825) ; Cours sur la See also:

• GENERATION (from Lat. generare, to beget, procreate; genus, stock, race)

generation, l'ovologie, et l'embryologie (1836) ; Analyse raisonnee See also:

• DES

des travaux de G . Cuvier (1841) ; Recherches sur le developpement des os et des dents (1842) ; Anatomic generate de la peau et des membranes muqueuses (1843) ; See also:

• BUFFON, GEORGE LOUIS LECLERC, COMTE DE (1707-1788)

Buffon, histoire de ses travaux et de ses idees (1844); See also:

• FONTENELLE, BERNARD LE BOVIER DE (1657-1757)

Fontenelle, ou de la philosophic moderne relativement aux sciences physiques (1847) ; Theorie experimentale de la formation des os (1847); Euvres completes de Buffon (1853) ; De la longevite humaine et de la quantite de See also:

• VIE

vie sur le globe (1854), numerous See also:

• EDITIONS

editions; Histoire de la decouverte de la circulation du sang (1854) Cours de physiologic comparee (1856) ; Recueil des eloges historiques (1856) ; De la vie et de l'intelligence (1858) ; De la raison, du genie, et de la folic (1861); Ontologie naturelle (1861) ; Examen du livre de M . See also:

• DARWIN, CHARLES ROBERT (1809-1882)
• DARWIN, ERASMUS (1731-1802)

Darwin sur l'Origine des Especes (1864) . For a See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of his papers see the Royal Society's See also:

• CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

Catalogue of Scientific Papers .