May 4th, 1835

May 1835

Went down to Hotel Dieu this morning. Sanson's case of operation going on very well. Roux has several cases ofstrumous affections ofthe carpus1-he has also a carcinomatous affection ofthe lower lip under his care-this is an awkward case-he will operate tomorrow morning-the tumor is broad at the inferior as at the superior edge-hence a V shaped incision cannot be practised-the tumor besides is o...

June 1835

/69r cont'd/ Monday June Jst. Come to the last month of my stay in Paris. Went to the Hotel Dieu-Roux has a case of pistol wound in a young man 1-ball entered anterior to the tendon achille's /69v/& passed out at the outer ankle, breaking the malleolus2 Tapirus[?]-the treatment is the constant application of cold-he has a case of tumor in the internal aspect of thigh three or four inches above ...

March 1835

Snowed very hard all the morning & miserably cold. Went to the R. de Bouloi twice-capi. sermons. The Boulevards crowded with fools in masks.' Monday 2nd. Went to Sanson's-saw nothing new-but I hope, learned something. Saw a good case of fractured radius completely cured without deformity. He did not lecture today, nor did Chomel, I presume, on account of the Carnival. C. had a good case of diss...

February 1835

January 1835