In accordance with the government announcements of October 28, 2020, France is back in lockdown until at least December 1.
On this occasion, the Faculty's operations are changingwithout it closing.
Find below our latest news regarding the coronavirus crisis:
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PASS students, you will be taking your exams starting tomorrow. In accordance with the latest health measures dated January 3, please take note of the following instructions related to the new isolation rules outlined below.
The UM's university libraries will reopen on November 5 by reservation only: to return/borrow documents or to use a workspace.
The email confirming your appointment serves as proof of travel, to be presented in addition to your exemption certificate in the event of a check.
In accordance with the government announcements of October 28, 2020, France is back in lockdown until at least December 1.
On this occasion, the Faculty's operations are changing without the Faculty closing. Find all the new provisions relating to the Faculty's operations during this period in the article below.
As of October 30, France is back in lockdown. The Faculty's operations are changing and differ from those during the first lockdown:
PASS students, you will be taking your exams starting tomorrow. In accordance with the latest health measures dated January 3, please take note of the following instructions related to the new isolation rules outlined below.
The UM's university libraries will reopen on November 5 by reservation only: to return/borrow documents or to use a workspace.
The email confirming your appointment serves as proof of travel, to be presented in addition to your exemption certificate in the event of a check.
In accordance with the government announcements of October 28, 2020, France is back in lockdown until at least December 1.
On this occasion, the Faculty's operations are changing without the Faculty closing. Find all the new provisions relating to the Faculty's operations during this period in the article below.
As the health situation worsens, the government has placed the Hérault and Gard departments under curfew. To ensure that everyone can get home by 9 p.m., the Faculty is adjusting its opening hours and those of the university libraries. More information can be found in the dedicated article below.
Due to the health situation, the implementation of the circular from the Ministry of Higher Education stipulates that the capacity of classrooms must be reduced by 50% on all our campuses. More information can be found in the dedicated article below.
The Faculty administration reminds everyone that masks must be worn inALL university premises,both outdoors and indoors,including the library andstudy rooms.This is to protect everyone's health.
| Industry | Promotion and distribution date | Distribution location |
|---|---|---|
| Speech therapy | 1A Wednesday, September 16, 3:30 p.m. 2A Wednesday, September 16, 9:30 a.m. 3A Thursday, September 17, 1:15 p.m. 4A Friday, September 18, 1:15 p.m. 5A Tuesday, September 22, 4:15 p.m. | Classroom, at the beginning or end of the class at the scheduled time |
| Orthoptics | 1A Monday, September 28, 9:45 a.m. 2A Thursday, September 17, 9:30 a.m. 3A Tuesday, September 22, 4:30 p.m. | Classroom, at the beginning or end of the class at the scheduled time |
| DE IPA | 1A 12/10 2A 05/10 | Classroom, at the beginning or end of the class at the scheduled time |
| PASS (Montpellier ADV) | Wednesday, September 16, Thursday, September 17, and Friday, September 18, from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. | Campus reception, upon presentation of student ID card. |
| PASS (Nîmes) | Wednesday, September 16 | Can be picked up at the Faculty reception desk upon presentation of your student ID card. |
| PACES (Montpellier ADV) | from Wednesday, September 16 to Wednesday, September 23 | Masks will be provided to you in the seminar room. |
| PACES (Nîmes) | Wednesday, September 16 | Can be picked up at the Faculty reception desk upon presentation of your student ID card. |
| Maieutics (Montpellier) | 2A (DFGSMa2) Thursday, October 1 at 12:45 p.m. 3A (DFGSMa3) Friday, October 2 at 1:45 p.m. 4A (DFASMa1) Thursday, September 17, 1:45 p.m. | Classroom, at the beginning or end of the class at the scheduled time |
| Maieutics (Nîmes) | 2A (DFGSMa2): Monday, September 21, from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. (Chalet) 3A (DFGSMa3): Friday, September 18, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. (Chalet) 4A (DFASMa1): Thursday, September 17 at 3:00 p.m. (Group 2-1) or 3:30 p.m. (Group 2-2) (room 434) 5A (DFASMa2): Distribution on September 21 starting at 9:00 a.m. at the maieutics office | 2A – 3A – Châlet 4A – Room 434 5A – Maieutics Secretariat |
| Medicine (Montpellier) | 2A (DFGSM2) Friday, October 2, from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 3A (DFGSM3) Thursday, October 1, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. 4A (DFASM1) MIB class Friday, September 18 at 1:50 p.m. 5A (DFASM2) MIE class Thursday, September 17 at 9:50 a.m. 6A (DFASM3) Wednesday, September 16 at 1:50 p.m. New distribution for students on internships: Monday, September 21, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m., and Tuesday, September 22, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. | Classroom, at the start of the class at the scheduled time
University lobby for the new distribution for those absent and interns |
| Medicine (Nîmes) | 2A (DFGSM2) Wednesday, September 16 3A (DFGSM3) Friday, September 18, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. 4-5-6A (DFASM1-2-3) at the entrance to the EDs on September 18 or available at the Faculty reception desk upon presentation of your student card. | Classroom at the beginning or end of the class at the scheduled time.
Then collection possible at the Faculty reception upon presentation of your student card. |
| Master's Degree in Gerontology | Master's Degree in Gerontology Management and Coordination of Services and Structures: Monday, September 21 at 9:00 a.m.
Master's Degree in Gerontology: Monday, October 5 at 9:00 a.m. | Macabies Room, Historic Building |
| Master's in Social Sciences and Humanities | Master's in Social Sciences: Tuesday, September 22 at 2:00 p.m. | Bonaventure-Laurens Room, Historic Building |
The Faculty is reopening its doors to students. Due to the health crisis, we would like to remind you that masks must be worn in all faculty buildings. We also ask our students and visitors to follow social distancing guidelines. Hand sanitizer is available at the entrance to all our sites.
PASS students, you will be taking your exams starting tomorrow. In accordance with the latest health measures dated January 3, please take note of the following instructions related to the new isolation rules outlined below.
"We will be able to end lockdown. But without lockdown, we will not be able to end the epidemic."
On October 28, 2020, the President of the Republic decided to take measures to reduce contact and travel throughout the country to a strict minimum by imposing a lockdown from October 30 to December 1 at the very least. This lockdown measure aims to significantly slow the spread of the virus and thus better organize the reception of patients in healthcare facilities.
We ask that you comply with this measure to facilitate the work of our healthcare providers.
More flexible than the first lockdown in the spring, this new lockdown allows travel in certain specific cases. As with the first lockdown, everyone must be able to present a certificate each time they travel.
Under the new winter lockdown measures, the Faculty will remain open. Some students may be required to come to the Faculty (e.g., thesis defenses, in-person exams, practical classes maintained by special dispensation, etc.).
In these specific cases, students must complete an individual certificate for exceptional travel AND justify their travel using a certificate issued in their name by the Faculty.
This supporting document will be provided by the department responsible for the public transport, exam, or other event requiring the student to travel. It will be sent by email.
– The exam schedule
– The terms and conditions for remote composition
– Organizing internship choices for interns during a health crisis
– The commitment of interns during the crisis
– Measures implemented by the SILR to support interns
– Student representatives
– Mobilization of hospital students
– Initiatives by student associations.
– The "Toolbox" section
– Professor Debien's MOOC
– The "Support" section by Prof. Olie
– Continuity of administrative and educational services
– The Educational Continuity Plan
– Postponement of PACES and ECN exams
– Mobilizing our interns
– The impact on all of our students in medicine, midwifery, and paramedical fields
– The importance of #StayHome if you are not required to work
DON'T STAY ALONE!
In this unprecedented crisis, anyone can experience various forms of psychological distress. That is why various support mechanisms have been put in place within the University Hospital, as well as at the national level. The purpose of this page is to summarize and explain how to access each of these mechanisms, each of which has its own specific features.
The Preventive Medicine Service is open to all students at the University of Montpellier. Visits and consultations are free of charge, confidential, and subject to medical confidentiality.
You will meet receptionists and appointment coordinators, nurses, doctors, clinical psychologists, a dietitian-nutritionist, and social workers from the CROUS. Our multidisciplinary team offers a comprehensive approach to your health issues and questions.
99 Occitanie Avenue
Building A, infirmary
34296 Montpellier
Tel: 04 99 58 51 57
Since September 2016, the Montpellier University Health Center (CSU) has been offering students in Montpellier "the best care and a healthcare pathway tailored to their needs."
General medical consultations, gynecologist, psychological support, etc.
To receive treatment without having to pay for the consultation, you must present:
8 Rue de l'Ecole Normale
34090 Montpellier
Tel: 04.11.28.19.79
It is normal to feel lonely, stressed, and/or anxious in this unprecedented situation. Click on the images to enlarge them and discover tips for overcoming these difficulties.
All these measures are aimed at prevention and psychological support. They are provided by professionals who guarantee confidentiality.
Several websites provide interesting information and recommendations regarding psychological well-being (caregivers, families, patients, general population).
Apps for self-care / Taking a break
Practicing a relaxing activity is recommended to promote well-being. Doing this regularly will help you cope better with stress. The two apps below (available for free download from Google Playstore or Apple store) offer meditation, relaxation, and cardiac coherence exercises to be done daily to better manage stress. They are suitable for everyone. These two apps were developed with the help of experts in the field (Petit Bambou was supported by Dr. Christophe André). They are recommended by many mental health professionals.
We recommend that you do one exercise every day, which takes about 10 minutes.
MINDFULNESS MEDITATION
RELAXATION
The Petit Bambou app offers mindfulness meditations. It includes eight free meditations. It is designed for both beginners and experts in mindfulness meditation, with different levels of difficulty.
Developed with the help of Dr. David O'Hare, this app offers breathing exercises to help manage anxiety. It is based on the technique of cardiac coherence, which involves controlling the timing of inhalation and exhalation in time with a bubble on the app. Numerous customizations are possible (session duration, inhalation/exhalation time, etc.).
If you meet these criteria, then don't hesitate to check this page regularly, as it is dedicated to you!
You will find various information, fact sheets, and tools to help you better understand your fieldwork during this health crisis in your respective departments.
Please be careful, and thank you very much for your professional commitment.
Below you will find a course designed by the faculty team specializing in infectious diseases at the Faculty of Montpellier. This course is initially intended for 2nd and 3rd year medical students. However, it presents information related to the pandemic that helps to understand the health measures proposed to combat the spread of the virus.
UNESS (Université Numérique En Santé et Sport) is offering a refresher course on COVID-19. Don't hesitate to sign up! Registration takes just a few clicks using your university email address. The course is open to all healthcare professionals.
Here you will find regularly updated documents that can shed light on your role at the hospital.
ARS kit for implementing the Occitanie strategy for "care for the elderly."
Find out at a glance the right things to do at the hospital.
Find "Le Masque et la Plume" here every day; the press review of the SFAR – French Society of Anesthesiologists and Resuscitators, which we recommend.
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For professionals providing care to COVID-19 patients, EHESP has produced educational videos on the COVID-19 virus, personal protective measures, health strategy, and the role of healthcare professionals as trusted intermediaries during the crisis.
Be sure to follow preventive measures to limit the spread of the virus.
Do you have a question about your future as a health care student during this crisis?
Find the answers here!
Updated on April 20, 2020
The Faculty's services remain active during the crisis and will respond to you by email! Find all our useful addresses for our various sites here:
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Marie-Anne GILLAIN was born in 1773 in Montreuil near Versailles.
She is sent to boarding school with the Visitation nuns.
During the Revolution, she took refuge in Etampes, at the home of a relative who was the mother superior of the Hospitalières de l’Hôtel-Dieu.
There she studied under the surgeon and worked for two and a half years, from 1793 to 1796, as a hospital lady, that is, a lay person offering her services voluntarily to the poor and sick.
In 1797, she returned to Versailles to marry Louis BOIVIN, deputy head of the National Domains office.
Quickly pregnant, she suddenly found herself widowed in 1798, at the age of 25, without resources and with a young daughter to raise.
She then decided to put to good use the knowledge she had acquired from the surgeon at the Hôtel-Dieu d'Étampes and enrolled at the Maternity Midwifery School in 1799.
In 1800, she graduated and left for Versailles to join her daughter and practice her profession.
In 1801, following the death of her daughter, she obtained permission from Marie-Louise Lachapelle to return to the Hospice de la Maternité.
In 1803, she was appointed head supervisor of the breastfeeding section. She held this position for eleven years, until 1814. During this long period, she took the opportunity to attend classes given by her patron, the surgeons at the Maternity Hospital (Baudelocque, then Dubois) and the chief physicians (Andry, and especially Chaussier), from whom she gathered observations and lessons.
In 1812, she wrote a Mémorial de l’art des accouchements(Memorial on the Art of Childbirth) and published it. It was approved by the Department of the Interior, which made it one of the textbooks given to graduates of the Maternity School.
In 1814, her position as supervisor was eliminated and she was dismissed, receiving a gratuity equal to her annual salary of 360 francs.
In October, she obtained a position as storekeeper and bursar at the Poissy General Hospital, which she held until January 1819, when the general hospital was converted into a prison.
Little is known about this period of her life: did she continue to practice obstetrics despite her new, more administrative duties? Did she do so within the framework of the general hospital? Or did she have a private practice? In any case, she seems to have enjoyed a comfortable salary of 1,200 francs per year for a time, which was almost as much as the head midwife at the maternity hospital.
In 1818, she anonymously competed for the Paris Medical Society's prize for academic achievement, submitting a thesis on internal uterine hemorrhages. She was awarded the medal.
On February1, 1819, she entered the Maison Royale de Santé in Paris as head midwife, with a modest salary of 350 francs per year.
In 1821, an opportunity for promotion arose with the death of Marie-Louise Lachapelle.
According to procedure, the General Council of the Hospices must submit to the Minister of the Interior a list of five candidates to succeed the illustrious midwife.
On November 14, 1821, the Council voted and agreed on a list with Marie-Anne Boivin in first place; she received 12 out of 12 votes in the first round to select the top candidate.
A month and a half later, the Minister of the Interior endorses the Council's choice.
But the winner refused the position (or rather resigned), forcing the council to propose another list. Why did she refuse? All contemporary biographers explain this decision by the public promise Marie-Anne Boivin made to her former protector never to replace her, even after her death. If this is the case, she kept her word and another midwife, Madeleine Catherine Legrand, was appointed in 1822.
Marie-Anne Boivin therefore continued to practice at the Royal Health Care Facility, where she accumulated observations, publications, and distinctions.
In 1828, she presented a thesis on spontaneous abortions, which was awarded a prize by the Bordeaux Medical Society.
In September 1835, at the age of 62, worn out and tired, she retired and urged the hospice council to pay her a pension. Finally, after a first stroke that left her hemiplegic, she died in May 1841.
In 1902, one of the rooms in the renovated maternity ward was named after Marie-Anne Boivin.
She was born in 1563 on Boulevard Saint Germain or in Mons into a family of doctors.
She married Martin BOURSIER, master surgeon and pupil of Ambroise PARÉ, in 1594.
She finds herself without resources when her husband is enlisted in the king's armies.
She quickly gained renown among the ladies of the court and delivered the queen's babies six times.
She receives 500 crowns for the birth of a boy and 300 for the birth of a girl.
She lost her reputation following the death of Marie De BOURBON-MONTPENSIER, wife of Gaston d'ORLÉANS, during the birth of the Grande Mademoiselle.
According to the surgeons who performed the autopsy on the woman who had given birth, the death was caused by placental debris remaining in the uterus, and Louise Bourgeois was subsequently accused of negligence.
At that time, there were few male obstetricians practicing, and they attempted to take precedence over the midwives' guild.
Louise questions their competence by harshly criticizing the autopsy findings and the skills of obstetricians; however, her response has the opposite effect to that intended, giving them publicity.
She was the first midwife to write a book on obstetrics, Observations diverses sur la stérilité, perte de fruits, fécondité, accouchements et maladies des femmes et enfants nouveau-nés(Various Observations on Sterility, Miscarriage, Fertility, Childbirth, and Diseases of Women and Newborn Children), published in 1609.
In this book, she points out that infertility in couples can be male-related, even though, like doctors of that era, she confuses the ability to procreate with sexual vigor.
She identified the role of malnutrition in fetal health and was the first to prescribe iron supplements to treat anemia.
She emphasizes the importance of anatomical knowledge for midwives and urges doctors to allow them to attend lectures and dissection classes.
In 1636, Parisian midwives launched a petition to the Faculty of Medicine requesting that Louise Bourgeois be allowed to teach them obstetrics, but this right was denied.
Subsequently, however, one of her students, Marguerite du Tertre de la Marche, was appointed head midwife at the Hôtel-Dieu hospital and succeeded in overhauling the content of their training.
She died on December 20, 1636, on Boulevard Saint Germain at the age of 73.
He was born on November 30, 1745, in Heilly, Picardy.
He was the son of Jean Baptiste BAUDELOCQUE, a surgeon, and Anne Marguerite LEVASSEUR. His brothers Félix Honoré (1744-1794) and Jean Baptiste (1749-1800) were both doctors. He was the third of ten children.
It was his father who introduced him to surgery in the countryside of Picardy.
He completed his studies in Paris at the Hôpital de la Charité, where a renowned master of obstetrics, Solayrès de Renhac (1737–1772), practiced.
In 1772, after Solayrès' premature death at the age of 35, he collected his lecture manuscripts and succeeded him as professor of obstetrics at the Hôpital de la Charité. Thanks to Baudelocque, Solayrès' work was saved from oblivion.
In 1775, on the initiative of the surgeon Augier du FOT, a demonstrator of childbirth in Soissons, he published, thanks to the manuscripts bequeathed by Solayrès de RENHAC, the first edition of a manual intended for the training of midwives. This work was later republished under his name alone, under the title "Principles on the art of childbirth through questions and answers for midwifery students." It was reprinted three times during Baudelocque's lifetime and three more times posthumously.
In 1776, following his thesis defense on symphysiotomy, "An in partu propter angustiam pelvis impossibili, symphysis ossium secanda?", he was appointed surgeon at the Hôpital de la Charité in Paris and was awarded a master's degree in surgery by the Collège de Chirurgie de Paris.
On April 5 or 6, 1777, in Paris, he married Andrée DERULLIER (de Vulier, de Voulier, de Rullie, de Rouillier), whose family manufactured mannequins of pregnant women for demonstrations in childbirth classes. She died on January 4, 1787, without children.
In 1781 and 1789, he published the first two editions of his scholarly treatise "L'Art des accouchemens" (The Art of Childbirth) in two volumes. He became famous for his forceps, his practice of cesarean sections, and the invention of the pelvimeter, which measures the external anteroposterior diameter to determine which patients might encounter difficulties during childbirth.
On September 14, 1788, in Amiens, he married Marie Catherine Rose Laurent, and the couple had five children (three daughters and two sons).
During the French Revolution, guilds and faculties were abolished. Hospitals lost some of their staff and funding. However, Baudelocque managed to build his reputation as a midwife thanks to a city clientele and private obstetrics classes.
In 1794, the former Faculty of Medicine was replaced by the École Centrale de Santé de Paris (Paris Central School of Health), where he was responsible for teaching medical students and midwives.
In October 1795, the Maternity Hospice welcomed poor women and single mothers to give birth and provided clinical training for midwives and doctors from the School of Health.
In addition, this institution also takes in abandoned children.
In 1798, Baudelocque, in addition to his position as professor of obstetrics at the Paris School of Health, became chief surgeon at the Maternity Hospital.
In 1802, the Hospice de la Maternité school was founded, where Baudelocque put his teaching talents to good use, employing mannequins to practice examinations and obstetric procedures. He favored observation over action, preferring to let nature take its course and using instruments as little as possible.
Busy with his many responsibilities, he delegated some of his authority to the head midwife of the Maternity Ward, Marie-Louise Lachapelle (1769-1821), who took on part of the teaching of the midwifery students and was authorized to use forceps on her own in cases of difficult deliveries.
He was involved in a high-profile lawsuit brought against him by an obstetrician, Jean François Sacombe, a fierce opponent of cesarean sections and defender of traditional midwifery practices. Sacombe, who had set himself up as a defender of midwives, accused Baudelocque of infanticide, but ultimately lost his case in 1804 and, at the same time, all sense of proportion.
In 1806, Napoleon appointed Jean-Louis Baudelocque to the chair of obstetrics, the first chair of medical specialty in France.
He became the obstetrician to the queens of Spain, Holland, Naples, and all the ladies of the court.
He had been chosen and selected in advance to bring into the world the heir awaited by Napoleon and Empress Marie-Louise of Austria. But, struck down by a cerebral hemorrhage, he would not live to see the birth of the King of Rome.
He died on May 2 or 3, 1810, at 16 Rue Jacob in Paris (6th arrondissement) at the age of 65, where he lived.
He was buried in the Vaugirard West Cemetery, then exhumed due to expropriation for the construction of the current Boulevard Pasteur.
He was then buried on August 17, 1839, in the Père-Lachaise Cemetery (45thdivision).
He was the most famous obstetrician of his time.
A doctor at the Hôpital des Enfants Malades (Hospital for Sick Children), he gave his name to the Baudelocque Clinic in 1890.
In 1966, the Port-Royal maternity hospital was built. The two merged in 1993 (Paris14th arrondissement).
Today, there is a midwifery school named after her on Avenue Denfert-Rochereau.
He was born on July 2, 1746, in Dijon, in the parish of Saint Pierre.
His father was a master glazier.
After attending the hospital in Dijon, his mother sent him to Paris to continue his medical studies, and he enrolled at the Royal College of Surgery, where he studied regularly between 1765 and 1767, attending anatomy classes taught by Raphaël SABATIER and Jean-Joseph SUE.
At the same time, he was learning about surgery at Lafaye's clinics and, in the afternoons, at Isaac GOURSAUD's clinics.
His years of surgery came to an end in 1768, when he obtained the title of Master of Surgery: he settled in Dijon as a surgeon.
He married Jeanne CARRE, daughter and granddaughter of a master surgeon, on July 27, 1767, in Quetigny, Côte d’Or. Together they had a son, Bernard François Hector (1769-1837).
In 1769, he opened a free course in human and comparative anatomy, which was attended by many students for over ten years.
In 1774, the States of Burgundy established a chemistry program with Louis-Bernard GUYTON de MORVEAU as the head professor and Hugues MARET and François CHAUSSIER as assistants. Upon MARET's death in 1786, he was promoted to second professor of chemistry.
In Dijon, his professional qualities earned him the favor of his clients, and his reputation quickly spread beyond Burgundy. He made a name for himself at the Academy of Surgery through several presentations, which led to him being awarded the Academy's Gold Medal at the public session on April 10, 1777.
He received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Besançon on January 14, 1780, and in 1784, he became a correspondent for the Royal Society of Medicine. That same year, he was admitted to the Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters in Dijon, where he became secretary general following the retirement of Guyton de Morveau.
In 1785, at the request of the States of Burgundy, he published a popular guide on treating bites from rabid animals: "Method for treating bites from rabid animals and vipers, followed by a summary on malignant pustules" (with Joseph Enaux, 1726-1798).
In 1789, he published a study on the muscles of the human body, in which he proposed a more rational classification than that previously taught: "Summary exposition of the muscles of the human body according to the methodical classification and nomenclature adopted in the public anatomy course in Dijon"; this work was republished in 1797.
On December 20, 1789, he read a paper entitled "Surgical and legal observations on an important point of criminal jurisprudence" at the Academy of Dijon, in which he demonstrated the role that doctors could play in informing the justice system. This work was well received, and the following year he began teaching a course in forensic medicine in Dijon.
On 3 Nivôse Year III (December 23, 1794), he married Angélique LABOREY in Dijon (Section du Crébillon), and they also had a son, Franck Bernard Simon (1804-1866).
In 1794, Antoine-François Fourcroy was tasked by the National Convention with reorganizing medical education and sought out a figure who could provide him with details on how to go about this. Claude-Antoine Prieur-Duvernois, from Côte-d'Or, who headed the Committee of Public Safety's Department of Science and Arts, recommended François Chaussier, who thus joined the Committee of Public Instruction. He drafted a report and a draft decree, which he read to the Convention on 7 Frimaire, Year III (November 27, 1794). In it, he proposed the creation of a single "Central School of Health" in Paris. The members of the Convention, who were largely open to decentralization, requested the creation of other similar schools in Montpellier and Strasbourg, and it was on this basis that the report was adopted on 14 Frimaire (December 4).
Chaussier returned to Dijon, where he resumed his classes and studies, as well as the duties entrusted to him: he had been appointed physician at the Hospices de Dijon in April 1793 and surgeon to the prisons. He did not remain there long, however, as he was called back to Paris to take up the chair of anatomy and physiology at the Ecole de Santé. Chaussier was, in the words of Joseph-Henri Réveillé-Parise, the most famous professor of physiology at the Paris School: he argued that vitalism was the basis of all physiological studies.
A decree dated 7 Vendémiaire Year III (September 28, 1794) officially created the École Centrale des Travaux Publics (Central School of Public Works), which would later become the École Polytechnique. less than a month after it opened, the Board of Directors proposed setting up an infirmary and appointing a "health officer" (the revolutionary term for doctors) to care for sick students and also give lessons on "the art of preventing and alleviating illness." The list of École Polytechnique staff for the following year lists him as Claude Louis Berthollet's assistant, "responsible for teaching zootechnics and sanitation, and school doctor." In fact, he taught Berthollet's course during his absence in Italy in 1796-1797. After the regularization of chemistry teaching, Chaussier seems to have abandoned teaching this science and restricted himself almost entirely to his duties as a physician.
In 1799, "Les tables synoptiques" (Synoptic Tables) was published to great acclaim. It is a summary of the physiology, pathology, and therapeutics of the various anatomical systems of the human body.
On May 9, 1804, he was appointed Physician of the Maternity Hospices and entrusted with the Presidency of the medical juries for the examinations of Health Officers, Pharmacists, and Midwives for the district of the Paris Faculty of Medicine.
He was a member of the commission appointed by the Minister of the Interior in October 1810 to study "secret remedies," where he worked alongside André Marie Constant Duméril, Jean-Joseph Menuret, and Nicolas Deyeux.
In 1815, after the fall of the First Empire, he was replaced in his position as physician at the École Polytechnique, but he remained a professor at the Faculty until November 21, 1822, when the Restoration changed the organization of the Faculty: he was appointed honorary professor and his chair was taken away from him. He was deeply embittered by this and the next day suffered a stroke that temporarily deprived him of his speech and ability to walk. He recovered, but remained hemiplegic, which did not prevent him from continuing his work at the Maternity Hospital.
On May 6, 1823, he was admitted tothe Academy of Sciences.
Between 1824 and 1827, he published several works on forensic medicine: "Forensic Manual on Poisons, Preceded by Considerations on Poisoning"14, "Collection of memoirs, consultations, and reports on various subjects of forensic medicine"15, "Forensic Memoir on the Viability of the Unborn Child, Presented toHis Excellency the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice"16
François Chaussier died at his home in Paris on June 19, 1828, at the age of 81, from a stroke.
He was buried in Père-Lachaise Cemetery (18th division) on June 21: Nicolas-Philibert Adelon gave a speech on behalf of the Academy, Marie-Alexandre Désormaux, representing the Faculty, did the same, and Duméril, on behalf of the Royal Academy of Sciences, read a long eulogy.
Don'ssecond son, Franck CHAUSSIER, followed in his father's footsteps and defended his doctoral thesis in 1827 in Montpellier.
He is a French physician, professor at the Paris Faculty of Medicine, and member of the Royal Academy of Medicine and the Academy of Sciences.
Chaussier was the main editor of articles devoted to pharmacy inthe Encyclopédie méthodique13.
She was born in 1712 in Clermont-Ferrand into a family of doctors.
She first spent three years as a student of Anne BAIRSIN, a midwife teacher.
On September 26, 1739, she received her diploma and shortly thereafter became a certified midwife.
She worked as a midwife at the Châtelet in Paris for sixteen years.
In 1752, to combine practice with theory, she published a book entitled "A Summary of the Art of Childbirth."
In 1754, she returned to Auvergne and began giving lessons free of charge.
In 1758, she designed her famous demonstration "machine" (made of wood, cardboard, fabric, and cotton), which was approved on December1 by the Academy of Surgery.
During the two-month training course, students were invited to practice on the mannequin.
She died on April 16, 1794, at the age of 79, in Bordeaux, in poverty and solitude, her niece and husband being absent. There is a Rue Angélique du Coudray in Thorigné-Fouillard and also a Rue Madame-du-Coudray in Clermont-Ferrand, her hometown. The maternity ward at the hospital in Melun (77) also bears her name.
