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The Maison de la Chimie in Paris

THE opening of the Maison de la Chimie on October 20 in Paris marks the completion of the first step towards a comprehensive scheme of centralisation of chemical bibliography and other scientific activities. The Maison de la Chimie had its origin in the cele bration of the centenary of Marcelin Berthelot in 1927, when a sum of twenty-five million francs was collected by international subscription. The French Government presented a historic building the house of La Rochefoucauld d'Estissac, rue St. Dominique, near the Chamber of Deputies. This has been recon structed and extended to house a library equipped with the latest facilities. Large halls for meetings of scientific societies and congresses have also been provided. Indeed, this is a special feature of the project, and the opening of the building by M. Lebrun, President of the Republic, is to be followed by the holding therein of the fourteenth Congress of Industrial Chemistry (October 21-27). M. Jean Gerard, administrator of the Maison de la Chimie and Secretary of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, hopes to develop the present centre into a “Maison de la Science” where inter national congresses in all scientific fields can meet and be assured of the services of a staff accustomed to the organisation of congresses. All those who have attended international gatherings know that the standard of efficiency with which they are run varies considerably, and that a little more attention paid to the purely technical part of their organisation would often add considerably to their scientific value. We may therefore wish M. Gerard all the success that his plans deserve.

Maison de la chimie

Journal of the Society of Chemical IndustryVolume 52, Issue 6 p. 118-120 Article Maison de la chimie W. L. Middleton, W. L. MiddletonSearch for more papers by this author W. L. Middleton, W. L. MiddletonSearch for more papers by this author First published: 10 February 1933 https://doi.org/10.1002/jctb.5000520603AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume52, Issue610 February 1933Pages 118-120 RelatedInformation

American Dedication of the Maison De Tous

American Dedication of the Maison De Tous

An Acknowledgment

In a study of Chateaubriand's La Maison de France (PMLA XXXVIII, No. 1, pp. 99-114), the present writer, after examining and placing in their respective parts, books, and chapters a series of excerpts from the Génie du Christianisme, declared himself baffled by the fifth excerpt, which reads: “Je remarque qu'Horace, Virgile, Tibulle, Tite-Live, moururent tous avant Auguste, qui est en cela le sort de Louis XIV; notre grand prince survécut un peu à son siécle et il se coucha le dernier dans la tombe, comme pour s'assurer qu'il ne restait rien après lui.” This passage, which looked as though it might belong to Part III, Book 4, Chapter 5 of the Génie, was not to be found either there or elsewhere in the work, and so the writer concluded that it must have been one of Chateaubriand's London notes to his manuscript of the Génie and that it had been inserted, somewhat at random, among the excerpts from that work in the Maison de France.

A Chateaubriand Rarity

The libary of John H. Wrenn, acquired by The University of Texas, contains an editio princeps which would seem to be of some importance to students of the history of French literature. The work in question is listed in the Catalogue of the Wrenn library, as follows:Chateaubriand, Vicomte de: Maison de France, ou Recueil de Pièces Relatives à la Légitimité et à la Famille Royale. Par M. le Vicomte de Chateaubriand, Pair de France. Tome Premier (Tome Second), Paris, Le Normant Père, Libraire, Rue de Seine No. 8, Faubourg Saint-Germain, 1825.

France

During the year 1909 the scientific output has been highly satisfactory. Its peaceful termination was in marked contrast to the discomforts we have already experienced during the present year owing to the floods in Paris. The members of the Société Medico-Psychologique were not able to meet in January, and the Maison de Santé d'Ivry, founded by Esquirol, was suddenly inundated, an event which entailed the hurried removal of the patients to another establishment.

Maisons de Corneille

Maisons de Corneille Get access Edward Latham Edward Latham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume s10-VII, Issue 181, 15 June 1907, Page 469, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/s10-VII.181.469e Published: 15 June 1907

A practical Manual of Mental Medicine. By Da. E. Régis, formerly Chief of Clinique of Mental Diseases. Paris; formerly Assistant Physician of the Sainte Anne Asylum; Physician of the Maison de Santé de Castel d'Anterre; Laureate of the Medico-Psychological Society, and of the Faculty of Medicine of Paris; Professor of Mental Diseases, Faculty of Medicine. Bordeaux. With a Preface by

<i>A practical Manual of Mental Medicine</i>. By Da. E. Régis, formerly Chief of Clinique of Mental Diseases. Paris; formerly Assistant Physician of the Sainte Anne Asylum; Physician of the Maison de Santé de Castel d'Anterre; Laureate of the Medico-Psychological Society, and of the Faculty of Medicine of Paris; Professor of Mental Diseases, Faculty of Medicine. Bordeaux. With a Preface by

“Un Fou” par Yves Guyot. Paris, 1893.

It is rarely that we have read a more detestable book than the one under review. As its title indicates, it is a description of a lunatic, but from the beginning to the end it revolts one. To begin with, the unfortunate man, named Labat, has an insane mother, whose mother also was insane. He was wealthy and of good family, and is thus able to marry a beautiful but poor girl, who has two children, both of whom die in convulsions. A most truthful but horrible description of a fit is given, exact in all its fearful details. The mother determines to have no more children by her husband, and as the latter insists upon conjugal rights, she goes to the doctor, who is readily seduced by her, and a liaison is started, which results in the birth of a fine healthy son, who bears strong indications of his paternity. The putative father is jealous, and though he takes no open steps, he evinces his disgust, and the doctor, to save himself, calls in a medical friend, who is persuaded that the accusations against his medical ally are untrue, and who treats them as delusions, and on an urgency order consigns M. Labat to a “Maison de Sauté,” kept by an ex-marine medical officer, whose treatment is of the most downright and brutal kind; he has a belief in subduing disease by means of douches and strict discipline, the patient passes through a period of distress, and very nearly loses his reason, and the details of the life in the asylum are revolting and disgusting in the extreme. He determines to suppress his real feelings and to acquiesce in the doctor's ideas, and as a result he is discharged cured. He rejoins his wife, who, receiving him coldly, causes further trouble, which ends in the murder of the child, and the flight of M. Labat. He is taken to another asylum, which is a private adventure asylum, where more brutality is exercised, and the patients are treated more as slaves than as sufferers from disease. Thence M. Labat, who has now become really insane, is taken as an insane criminal to Bicêtre, only to be tested and tortured with electricity. He once more is sent to the original “Maison de Santé,” where in the end he is boiled to death in a hot bath by accident. Madame Labat has also become permanently insane, and so the story ends. Such a book is not only unhealthy, but it is mischievous in the last degree; it represents, as if occurring at the present day, a state of mismanagement in asylums which has disappeared for many years. It causes prejudice, not only against the medical profession as a whole, but more particularly against the special branch which we cultivate. It is an untruthful libel. The medical discussions on the symptoms of mental disorder are very exact, pointing to the handiwork of one who has had medical training. “It is a filthy bird that fouls its own nest.”

La maison de titaire

La maison de titaire Get access F. D. H. F. D. H. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume s3-XII, Issue 289, 13 July 1867, Pages 24–25, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/s3-XII.289.24i Published: 13 July 1867