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gained the friendship of Bichat. In 1806 he entered as surgeon into 
the huspitals of Paris, and from ‘that time he devoted himself with 
much distinction to the progress of his art. Endowed with great ardor 
and extraordinary activity, he was equally successful in scientific liter- 
ature and in the amphitheater of surgery. He contributed much to the 
The first person upon whom he performed this operation was an Amer- 
ican physician, Dr. Stephenson, who after his cure, exhibited the ope- 
ration to the Academy of Sciences. : 
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trived by M. Roux. He showed how to treat cases of lacerated pe- 
rineeum, an affection before his time regarded as incurable. One of 
his most important specialties was the treatment of cataract, which 
he practised quite recently with as steady a hand as in youth. e pre- 
Served io the latest moment his characteristic vigor, and died suddenly 
in an apoplectic attack, distinguished as one of the greatest operators 
of the age. 
Admiral Roussin—The Admiral Albert Reine Roussin was born 
at Dijon, on the 21st of April, 1781. In 1793, at the age of twelve 
years, he was admitted as cabin boy to the floating battery ‘* Répub- 
lique,” charged with the defense of Dunkirk. e commenced his ca- 
reer in the navy in the midst of engagements; and it was not until 
1801 that he was able to devote himself to his studies. We will pass 
Over the battles in which young Roussin bore a part, and which Capt. 
Duperrey has enumerated in detail upon the monument of the deceased, 
We will speak only of the services which M. Roussin has rendered to 
Science and homanity. e made the hydrographical survey of the 
Western coasts of Africa, rectifying the positions of the coast, and es- 
Academy of Sciences. Admiral Roussin has added political honors 
'0 his scientific distinctions. He was Ambassador and afterwards 
Minister of Marine. He forced the entrance of the Tagus in 1831, 
d dispelled the notion then entertained, that the Tagus could not 
allacked from the sea. Rice 
Admiral Roussin was a man of superior intellect, and of consum- 
Mate skill in naval affairs, as expert in the art of producing as in the 
art of destroying. 
. Seaulems Beaupré, the navigator, had not the double talent of Rous- 
sin. All his attention was devoted to the progtess of navigation. He 
Was born the 6th of August, 1766. He early evinced a decided taste 
