Marie-François-Xavier Bichat: References & Edit History

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Bichat’s role in early French pathology is discussed in Russell C. Maulitz, Morbid Appearances: The Anatomy of Pathology in the Early Nineteenth Century (1987). Elizabeth Haigh, Xavier Bichat and the Medical Theory of the Eighteeth Century (1984), is also of interest.

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Anniversary information added. Jul 18, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Apr 17, 2024
Add new Web site: Linda Hall Library - Biography of Xavier Bichat. Apr 08, 2019
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - Biography of Marie Francois Xavier Bichat. Dec 29, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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