Jin fncitant in the |Cife of Hpufresnog. 



NDEE DUFRESNOY was born at Valen- 

 ciennes in 1733. He embraced the me- 

 dical profession, and was appointed phy- 

 sician of the military hospital in his native 

 city, and, being a considerable proficient in botany, 

 was also a professor of that science. In 1793 he 

 received the appointment of physician-in-chief to 

 the Army of the North. His predecessor in that 

 post having remained at Brussels after the defec- 

 tion of General Dumouriez, had been proscribed 

 and put on the list of the emigres. Dufresnoy 

 learned that he was sick, and was anxious to return 

 to his native land ; and, prompted by his generous 

 heart, he ventured to write in favour of the unfor- 

 tunate man to the Minister of War. This humane 

 and courageous act was taken in very ill part by the 

 authorities ; and Dufresnoy, accused of complicity 

 with an emigre, was, in consequence, deposed from 



