Peumery J J
Hist Sci Med. 1999 Jan-Mar;33(1):45-51.
Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757) in the "Eloges des Academiciens des Sciences" who died between 1699 and 1740, allowed to Pierre Chirac - Louis XV Chief Doctor - a worthy scientific place. Born at Conques, in the Rouergue country (Aveyron), in 1650, Chirac purposed to enter the priesthood when, settling in Montpellier, he was spotted by the Chancellor and Judge of Montpellier University, Michel Chicoyneau, in 1678, who encouraged him to take up medicine studies. Became a Montpellier Faculty member in 1682, Chirac will teach, here, medicine, five years after; he got great success. Then he started practising, and in 1692, the Marechal de Noailles appointed him in the Roussillon Army Heath Service as a Doctor. In 1693, he had to fight against a dysentery epidemic and later, at Rochefort, against the "Mal de Siam" (Yellow fever) which infected him but, nevertheless, he was cured. In 1706, the Duc d'Orleans promoted him his private doctor and attached him to go to Italy and Spain. Coming back to France, Chirac went to Paris and remained here till his death. In 1715, the Duc d'Orleans became Regent and selected him for Principal Doctor, In 1718, he succeeded to Guy Crescent Fagon as "Jardin du Roy" Superintendant. In 1720, he was called in Marseille where a plague epidemic was raging. In the funeral oration, Fontenelle was very insistent about the fact that Pierre Chirac endeavoured to set up a Medicine Academy. Unfortunately, his death (March the 1st 1732) kept him from succeeding in such a way.
贝尔纳·勒博维耶·德·丰特内勒（1657 - 1757）在《1699年至1740年间去世的科学院院士颂词》中，给予皮埃尔·希拉克——路易十五的首席御医——应有的科学地位。希拉克于1650年出生在鲁埃格地区（阿韦龙省）的孔克，原本打算进入神职界，1678年定居蒙彼利埃时，被蒙彼利埃大学的校长兼法官米歇尔·希科伊诺发现，后者鼓励他从事医学研究。1682年成为蒙彼利埃大学教员的希拉克，五年后将在此教授医学，他取得了巨大成功。然后他开始行医，1692年，诺阿耶元帅任命他为鲁西永军队卫生服务的医生。1693年，他不得不抗击一场痢疾疫情，后来在罗什福尔，抗击感染了他但他最终治愈的“暹罗病”（黄热病）。1706年，奥尔良公爵提拔他为私人医生，并派他前往意大利和西班牙。回到法国后，希拉克前往巴黎并一直待到去世。1715年，奥尔良公爵成为摄政王并选他为首席御医，1718年，他接替居伊·克雷斯潘·法贡成为“皇家植物园”园长。1720年，他被召至马赛，当时一场鼠疫疫情正在肆虐。在葬礼演说中，丰特内勒非常强调皮埃尔·希拉克努力建立一所医学科学院这一事实。不幸的是，他的去世（1732年3月1日）使他未能成功做到这一点。
