Acknowledgement

The author is highly indebted to Dr Patrick Mornet and Dr Cole Giller for their help and their courteous authorization to reproduce their iconographic resources. Presently, the archives of the Contremoulins fund are available at the Académie Nationale de Médecine, Paris, France.

The author is highly indebted to Dr Bruce L McClennan who revisited the English language expressed in the manuscript.

The author is highly indebted to Dr José Remy for his help in the bibliographic research.