1. The attitude to experiment is best discussed in Albury (ref. 1), where the key text is translated. This was previously printed, in part, by Arène and discussed in my brief and facetious, “Xavier Bichat, body and mind”, (University of Minnesota) Biomedical Library bulletin, xxix (Jan. – Feb. 1973).
2. See for example, Kay J. P., The physiology, pathology and treatment of asphyxia (London, 1834), 18–19.