KEY AND INDEX 



Bernard, Claude, iv, 137. Born at St. Julien, 

 1813; died at Paris, 1878. French physiologist. 

 Educated in Paris, he succeeded Magendie as 

 Professor of Experimental Physiology at the 

 College de France, 1855, having been chosen for 

 the Academy of Science the previous year. 

 Founded the Societe de Biologic, and was its 

 president from 1867. His most distinguished 

 work was in connection with the secretions of 

 the alimentary canal, and the action of the nerv- 

 ous system on them. He was the first to show 

 that the pancreatic juice was the true agent of 

 the digestion of fatty substances. When he 

 died his funeral was conducted at the public 

 expense, an honor never before given to a man 

 of science. 



Berosus, i, 58. Lived and wrote first half of 

 Third Century, B.C. Greek historian, a priest 

 of Belus at Babylon. Wrote three books on 

 Babylonian history, which are of interest for 

 their agreement with the early Hebrew records. 



Berthelot, Pierre Eugene Marcellin. Born at 

 Paris, 1827; died at Paris, 1907. French chem- 

 ist, educated in Paris, and devoted his life to 

 research in organic chemistry. His first achieve- 

 ments attained in 1854, when he gave his account 

 of the artificial reproduction of natural fats, a 

 matter which has since been of great importance 

 to industry. In 1865 a chair was created for him 

 at the College de France. In later years he ma- 

 terially increased our knowledge of every class 

 of carbon compound, and made important ex- 

 periments with explosives and aniline dye-stuffs. 

 In 1889 was perpetual secretary of the Academy 

 of Science. Has also taken an interest in politics. 



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