Barthez

Barthez, PAUL JOSEPH, a French physician, was born December 11, 1734, at Montpellier, where he settled as a professor, in 1785 as chancellor of the university, and where consultations with him on serious cases were sought from all parts of the civilised world. The Revolution deprived him of the greater part of his property; but Napoleon heaped honours and dignities upon him in his old age. He died October 15, 1806. Of his numerous writings, his Nouveaux Éléments de la Science de l'Homme (Montpell. 1778; 3d ed. Paris, 1858) was translated into most of the languages of Europe, and strongly supports the theory of vitalism and formative force.