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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

Sir E. Home, Bichat, Leuret, Lassaigne, and others, suppose that "the spleen serves as a receptacle for the superfluous quantity of fluid taken into the stomach."

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by George Dadd

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