Every one is fond of comparing himself to something great and grandiose, as Louis XIV likened himself to the sun, and others have had like similes. I…

- Francois Magendie

In the actual condition of medical science, the physician mostly plays the part of simple spectator of the sad episodes which his profession furnishe…

- Francois Magendie

Facts, and facts alone, are the foundation of science... When one devotes oneself to experimental research it is in order to augment the sum of known…

- Francois Magendie

I know that certain minds would regard as audacious the idea of relating the laws which preside over the play of our organs to those laws which gover…

- Francois Magendie