"Bonaparte visiting the plague-stricken at Jaffa" by Antoine Jean Gros (1771-1835).

"Bonaparte visiting the plague-stricken at Jaffa" by Antoine Jean Gros (1771-1835).

Few painters have succeeded in representing a dramatic event on a large scale as successfully as Antoine Jean Gros in his painting " Bonaparte Visiting the Plague-stricken at Jaffa." This immense canvas (17 ft. 5 in. by 23 ft. 7 in.; 5.3 by 7.2 mi.) hangs in the Salle Daru of the Louvre, Paris. The event depicted took place during the Syrian Campaign in March 1799. Worried by the fear and loss ...

An account of the plague which raged at Moscow 1771

A tale of two paintings: depictions of the first public demonstration of ether anesthesia.

PAINTINGS about medical history fall into several categories: the celebration of a discovery; the representation of current medical practice, medical teaching, or visiting dignitaries; and the depiction of a calamity. An example in the celebratory category is the depiction by French artist Jean Andre Rixens (1846–1924; Le Jubilé de Pasteur) of Louis Pasteur being honored at the Sorbonne. Americ...

In memoriam Professor Jean-Antoine Rioux (1925-2017)

René Houin, Nicole Léger, Jean Dupouy-Camet, Patrick Bastien, and Gérard Luffau 1 Académie Vétérinaire de France, 34 rue Bréguet, 75011 Paris, France 2 UFR de Pharmacie, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, 51096 Reims, France 3 Faculté de Médecine Paris Descartes, Paris, France 4 Département de Parasitologie-Mycologie, CHU de Montpellier/Faculté de Médecine, UMR “MiVEGEC” (CNRS 5290/IRD 224 ...

Sparking controversy: Jean Antoine Nollet and medical electricity south of the Alps.

The paper considers a significant episode in the history of eighteenth-century electricity: the controversy over the "medicated tubes". Invented by the Italian erudite Gianfrancesco Pivati, the tubes were said to produce instantaneous cures. Jean Antoine Nollet was one of the main actors of the controversy. In 1749, after touring Italy to see for himself the Italian tubes and their effects, he ...