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Bichat

American  
[bee-sha] / biˈʃa /

noun

  1. Marie François Xavier 1771–1802, French physician.


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Ambulances then took them to the Bichat hospital in the French capital.

From BBC ● May 10, 2026

Shortly afterwards, they were transferred to a convoy of five ambulances and taken under police escort to the Bichat hospital in Paris, an AFP photographer saw.

From Barron's ● May 10, 2026

That’s not how it feels to Nadia Boudra, a critical care nurse at Bichat Hospital in Paris.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2021

If you are not needed at your local hospital, the following hospitals are in need of help: Bichat, Pitié Salpêtrière, HEGP, Lariboisière.”

From The Guardian ● Nov. 14, 2015

Bichat makes a fourth case; as for example, when a muscle is divided across, it contracts by a contractilité de tissue, or par defaut d'extension.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Franklin Bache

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