ANNOTATED LIST OF PERSONS 333 



Feltz, Victor Timothee (1835-1893). French pathologist. Associated 

 with Coze. 



Fernbach, Ernst ( ). French pathologist at the Pasteur 



Institute. 



Fracastoro, Girolamo (1483-1553). Italian physician and poet. 

 Famous for his learning. Born in Verona. Wrote in verse 

 "Syphilis, sive morbus Gallicus" (1530). This is said to be the 

 first use of the word syphilis. For portrait see Garrison, p. 219. 



Fraenkel, Albert (1848 ). German physician, bacteriologist and 



pathologist. Discovered the pneumococcus. For portrait see 

 Pagel, p. 535. 



France, Anatole, pseudonym of Jacques Anatole Thibault (1844 ). 



Greatest of living French stylists. Author of many books and 

 papers, the most interesting of which, perhaps, are certain stories 

 about children, and four volumes of literary criticism entitled 

 "La vie litte>aire." A master of irony. It was he who said of 

 Zola's novel "La Reve": "I marvel it can be so heavy, being so 

 flat!" For portraits see "Les Annales," No. 1729. Aug. 13, 1916. 



Fremy, Edmond (1814-1894). French chemist. Member of the 

 Academy of Sciences. Wrote with Pelouze a "Trait^ de chimie 

 generate" (7 vols.). Editor of the "Encyclopedic de Chimie," 

 (11 vols.). 



Frey, Heinrich (1822-1890). German anatomist and zoologist. 

 Professor in Zurich. Collaborated with Leuckart. Published a 

 book on the microscope which passed through many editions, and a 

 book on the elements of histology which had several editions. 



Gay-Lussac, Joseph Louis (1778-1850). French physicist and chemist. 

 Member of the Academy of Sciences. Peer of France. An elevated, 

 simple, disinterested, ingenious and philosophic mind. Discovered 

 the law of expansion of gases known as Gay-Lussac's law, also various 

 other laws. In 1804 made two balloon ascensions. First prepared 

 with Thenard the alkali metals, sodium and potassium, in quantity 

 from their salts. Also with Thenard showed chlorine to be a simple 

 substance. Developed alkalimetry and acidimetry. A friend and 

 companion of Humboldt, who styled him (1850): "ce grand et 

 beau charactere." At 16 he was without knowledge of the sciences. 

 He learned mathematics without a teacher and tutored his way 

 through college, studying at night. For portraits see Harper's 

 Mag., 1897, p. 757, and Werckmeister, 1899, v. 2, pi. 214. 



Gernez, Desire Jean Baptiste (1834 - ). French chemist. Student 

 at the Normal School. Assisted Pasteur in the study of wines and 

 of silkworm diseases. Officer of the Legion of Honor. Member of 

 the Academy of Sciences. Professor in the Normal School (1898- 

 1904). Author of "Crystallization of supersaturated solutions," etc. 

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