1 Account on unknown doctors during the Empire who later became famous (3rd part) By Xavier Riaud*, FINS, medal of honor from INS

Bibliothèque de l’Ecole de médecine. He created the Société Médicale d'Émulation (the Competitive Medical Society) with Bichat. In 1800, he held the position of secretary in the Vaccinia Committee. Thoured had recommended him. He vaccinated in Paris during twenty years. He signed numerous reports about vaccinia. He was Elisa Bonaparte’s personal doctor in Italy. In 1811, he vaccinated the King of Rome. Then, he became doctor in the Hôtel-Dieu. In 1821, he was elected in the Royal Academy of Medicine that he chaired in 1839. The author of numerous works, he published Essai sur une nouvelle doctrine des tempéraments (Essay on a new doctrine about temperaments) in 1799, Bichat’s biography, Traité des membranes (Treatise on membranes) in 1802 and Recherches historiques et médicales sur la vaccine (Historical and medical research on vaccinia) in 180