THE RISE OF PHYSIOLOGY 



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Fig. 59. He was one of those retiring, silent men who 

 natures are difficult to fathom, and who are so frequently 

 misunderstood. A domestic infelicity, that led to the sepa ra- 

 tion of himself from his family, added to his isolation and 

 loneliness. When touched by the social spirit he charmed 



Fig. 59. — Claude Bernard, 1813-1878. 



people by his personality. He was admired by the Emperor 

 Napoleon Third, through whose influence Bernard acquired 

 two fine laboratories. In 1868 he was elected t<» the 

 French Academy, and became thereby one of the ' Forty 

 Immortals." 



Foster describes him thus: "Tall in stature, with a tine 



