The Medals Commemorative of Natural Scientists. 115 
Reverse. The staff of .Esculapius. Inscription: 
SOC. DE MED. DE P. MDCCCIX. 
/hid.. VII, p. 77. pi. XXXV, No. 5. 
The medal of the Medical Society of Toulouse closely 
resembles that of Marseilles. 
86. Ofa'erse , very like that of No. 40: ARCII.ETYPUS HIC. 
Reverse. Within wreath: SOCIETAS | MEDICA | 
T< >L< >S.\\ A | — | 1827. 
Silver. 19. 30 mm. 
Kluvskens Cat., p. 48, No. 122. 
In the U. S. Government Collection. 
There exists an interesting Franco-English “mule”: 
87. Ohzerse , that of No. 40, with inscription ARCH^E- 
TYPUS HIC. This *is the obverse of the medal of the 
Societe de Medecine of Marseilles. 
Rroerse that of the Spence half-penny, bearing the 
Tree of Liberty. 
The only explanation of this mule that has occurred to 
me is that in the excitement of the French Revolution, 
which to a certain extent had communicated itself to Lon¬ 
don, Marseilles being at the time a very hot-bed of political 
unrest, possession of a die from that city, however uncon¬ 
nected with the question of the moment, had been made 
use of towards increasing the popular agitation. Had the 
bust depicted been that of a patriot physician like Virchow,, 
for instance, had he then lived, or in our own country Dr. 
Benjamin Rush or Dr. Joseph Warren, its use would have 
been clearly apposite. 
In the collection of Dr. B. P. Wright of Utica, N. Y. 
No. 41, of the Soci£t6 de Medecine of Bordeaux, has 
as additional references, Kluvskens, II, p. 600, No 4; Ibid ., 
Cat., p. 17, No. 101; Tresor de num. Empire Fran^ais, p. 
77, pi. XXXV, No. 6. 
