8 HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM. 



with the power of choosing an intendant , who 

 should reside in the garden and exercise the di- 

 rection. Herouard chose Guy de la Brosse , and 

 this choice was confirmed by the king. But the 

 death of Herouard and other circumstances having 

 retarded the execution of these letters patent, the 

 foundation cannot in strictness be dated be- 

 fore 1 635. 



The edict given at this period confirmed the 

 gift of the house and land , named Bouvard , then 

 first physician to the king, superintendant, and 

 Guy de la Brosse intendant of the garden , and 

 contained in short all necessary provisions rela- 

 tive to the objects of the foundation , to its expen- 

 diture , and to the nomination and duties of those 

 to be employed in it. The following were its most 

 essential regulations : « Considering that the ope- 

 » rations of pharmacy are not taught in the 

 » schools of medicine , we have been humbly 

 » entreated by the sieur Bouvard , that three 

 » doctors , chosen by him from the faculty of 

 » Paris , may be provided to demonstrate the in- 

 » terior of plants , and all medicines , and to em- 

 » ploy themselves in the composition of drugs 

 » by simple and chemical methods ; for these 

 » reasons we have appointed three of our coun- 

 » scllors, physicians of the faculty of Paris , to 

 » demonstrate the interior of plants , and to per- 



