8 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF BECLARD. 



He aided in the formation of a scientific selection then 

 known under the name of the Nouveau Journal de Medecine, 

 of which, Les archives, generales de Medecine, are now a con- 

 tinuation. In 1819, he published four memoirs on Osteosis,* 

 of which disease, he described the progress with the greatest 

 precision and perspicuity. He cooperated in the publication 

 of the Dictionary of technical terms of Medicine, Surgery, 

 Pharmacy, &c. and was one of the principal colaborators of 

 the Nouveau Dictionnaire de Medecine. 



In 1820, he was appointed president of the board of Juries 

 of the department, and member of the council of health of 

 the department of the Seine. When a royal ordinance had 

 created the Academy of Medicine, (December 20th, 1820,) 

 public opinion pointed out Beclard, and he was unanimously 

 elected to fulfil the functions of secretary for life of that learned 

 body, functions that he exercised, until ministerial favour dis- 

 posed of his office otherwise. 



In 1821, he published a volume of additions to the general 

 Anatomy of Bichat, and the following year gave to Mr. Des- 

 cot, the result of his experience and researches on the local 

 affections of the nerves, which the latter recorded in his the- 

 sis. In 1823, he published his Elements of General Anato- 

 my, whence students may long draw the most impor- 

 tant lessons which have hitherto been given on the organi- 

 zation of the human body. At this time Beclard was in- 

 cluded in the general disgrace of the old faculty of medicine, 

 and when the reorganization of the new school was about to 

 take place, he came very near being excluded, but his great 

 reputation and his talents got the better of every kind of in- 

 trigue and opposition which arose against him, and the chair 

 on which he had shed a new lustre, was restored to him. 



This rapid recapitulation of the labours most remarkable in 

 the life of Beclard, brings us to a gloomy epoch ; but before 

 entering on this painful part of the task we have prescribed to 

 ourselves, let us return to the particulars of the life of a master 

 so dear to us and one -who honoured us, with so benevolent 



* Beclard has given this name to the branch of anatomy which treats of 

 the developement of bone. 



