Excerpt from Brief Memories of Louis and Some of His Contemporaries in the Parisian School of Medicine of Forty Years Ago He was destined by his family to the study of the law, but he soon abandoned that profession in order to study medi cine. Having received the rights of doctor of medicine, in 1813, he left France in 1814, and went to Russia, where he practised the profession, after having obtained, at St. Peters burg, a diploma of doctor of medicine. On his return to Paris, in 1820, Medical Science, under the influence of the writings and public teachings of Brons sais, was in great confusion. Much was in doubt, a very painful doubt, and in order to relieve himself from it he resigned practice, and gave himself up wholly to the observa tion of patients at the Hospital of La Charite. This he did for six consecutive years without other occupation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.