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Bichat

American  
[bee-sha] / biˈʃa /

noun

  1. Marie François Xavier 1771–1802, French physician.


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That’s not how it feels to Nadia Boudra, a critical care nurse at Bichat Hospital in Paris.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2021

About 50% still die, said Dr. Philippe Montravers, who heads the surgical ICU department at Bichat, run by Paris’ hospital authority, AP-HP.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2021

Pierre Montfort lives near Petit Cambodge, a restaurant close to Rue Bichat, where one of the shootings took place.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2015

If you are not needed at your local hospital, the following hospitals are in need of help: Bichat, Pitié Salpêtrière, HEGP, Lariboisière.”

From The Guardian • Nov. 14, 2015

These were all anatomists and  physiologists, the last-named being the first to propose and use the term “comparative anatomy,” while Bichat was the founder of histology and pathological anatomy.

From Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)