Michel-Philippe Bouvart

"Bouvart went to see one of the lords of the old Court, who was seriously ill for a fortnight. As he entered, Good day, Mr. Bouvart, said the patient. I am happy to see you. I feel much better; I think…"

"Mr. *** was being tried for a dishonorable matter; he got sick, and died. Bouvard was his doctor, and said: I got him off the hook. It was said of the same person: He is truly sick, he can't take any …"

"We know that, in Paris, fashion imposes its dictates on medicine just as it does with everything else. Well, at one time, pyramidal elm bark had a great reputation; it was taken as a powder, as an ext…"

"It is said that he replied to Cardinal ***, a not very regular prelate , who was complaining of suffering like a damned person: "What! Already, monseigneur?" In my opinion, he might well have said thi…"