Introductory lecture before the Anatomical Class of the University of Pennsylvania / by William E. Horner, M.D.

  • Horner, William E. (William Edmunds), 1793-1853.
Date:
1848
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Credit: Introductory lecture before the Anatomical Class of the University of Pennsylvania / by William E. Horner, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    principal point of attack by the insurgents, was freed from them by the gallantry of General Duvivier; that the insurrection had conncetrated itself in some two or three of the Faubourgs or suburbs of Paris, and that there was a prospect of the speedy ter- mination of the whole affair. Hostilities, however, continued during the day, one deplorable event of which was the wounding mor- tally of the Archbishop of Paris, who went as a pacificator between the combatants. The night of Sunday was also spent in active warfare. On the morning of Monday a powerful barricade at the Place of the Bastile was demolished by artillery, and carried by storm, with several minor ones in its rear. The insurgents made a desperate defence from behind them and from the windows of the adjoining houses ; the slaughter was frightful on both sides; but the government at length triumphed, and in doing so obtained the surrender and abandonment of all the points which had been pos- sessed by the insurgents. In the afternoon the President of the National Assembly announced from the Chair that all uncertainty was at an end, that the insurrectionary districts had surrendered completely, and that the insurgents now worked in pulling down their own barricades. Much of this deplorable struggle was muzzle to muzzle, and hence a very large proportion of the wounds were of an extremely severe character, as I afterwards savi^ in the hospitals. By an almost unprecedented fatality, out of ten generals of the army four were victims, to wit, Negrier, Breas, Duvivier and Damesme— Generals Bedeau, Lafontaine and Fouche were wounded—and Generals Lebreton, Perrot and Lamoriciere were unhurt, but the latter had two horses killed under him in his attack upon the Fau- bourg du Temple. Many of the generals of the National Guard were also wounded. Generals Damesme and Duvivier I saw be- fore their deaths at the great military hospital called Val de Grace. General Duvivier had been struck on the top of the foot near the ankle by a musket ball, which forced the leather of his boot forward like the finger of a glove, without penetrating it. He continued in command for some time afterwards, but finally had to yield, owing to excessive pain; the pain continued to augment to such a degree that it was necessary to calm him by the use of chloroform, so as to accomplish his removal to the hospital. Pre- vious to its administration he said to Dr. Baudens, you know me