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Bichat

American  
[bee-sha] / biˈʃa /

noun

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


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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

About 50% still die, said Dr. Philippe Montravers, who heads the surgical ICU department at Bichat, run by Paris’ hospital authority, AP-HP.

From Seattle Times Apr. 23, 2021

Pierre Montfort lives near Petit Cambodge, a restaurant close to Rue Bichat, where one of the shootings took place.

From BBC Nov. 14, 2015

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

From the front it was inaccessible; the Versaillese, masters of the St. Louis Hospital, succeeded in turning it by the Rues St. Maur and Bichat.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary

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