The Mineral argus., 1885-01-08

his physiological laboratory in the
Place de rEcole do Medicine, and
walked away toward his rooms in the
Rue Rossini At 30. rich, brilliant, an
ambitious graduate of rEcole de Medi-
cine, an enthusiastic pupil of Claude
Bcrnard's, q devoted lover Of science,
and above all of physiology. yesterday
he was without caro- save to make his
name great among the names Of science
to win for himself place in the fore
most rank of the followers of that mis-
tress whom only he loved and
worshiped. To-day o word had swept
away all his fondest hopes. Troussesu,
the keenest observer in Ill Paris. for
IN erly his fathers friend. now no less
his own, had kindly but firmly called
his attention to himself. and to the mall
ady that 50 imperceptibly and insidi-
ously fastened itself upon him that un.
til the moment he never dreamed Of its
approach. He had been too full OF his
work to think of himself. In any other
case he would scarcely have dared to
dispute the opinion Of the highest
medical authority in Europe; noverthc-
less in his own he began 10 argue I'll"
matter: but. my dear doctor, 1 am
we'll"
"No, my friend, you arc not. You
are thin and pale. and, l noticed the
other night, when you came late to the
meeting of the institute, that your
breathing was quick and labored, and
that the reading of your excellent paper
was frequently interrupted by a short
cough"
THAT was nothing. was hurried
and excited, and have been keeping
myself too closely to my work. A week
of rest and sea air will make all right
again."
But the great man shook his head
gravely: mot weeks but years of
different life are needed. YOu must
give up the laboratory altogether if you
want to live. Remember your mothers
fate and your fathers early death
think of the deadly blight that fell so
soon upon the rare beauty Of your sis
ter. Some day you will realize your
danger; realize it now in time. Close
your laboratory, lock mp your library.
say adieu to Paris. and lead the lie of
Q traveller, an Arab. Tartar. For the
present cease to dream Of the future;
siren 9Th is better than o professor
ship in the College of France. and health
more than the cross OF the Legion OF
Honor"
Fourier was at first surprised and
incredulous; he became convinced. then
alarmed. After some thought h0 was
horribly detected. At such time an
Englishman becomes stolid, q German
gives up utterly, an American begins to
live fast, since he my not live long; but
he, being Frenchmsn and Partisan, had
alternations-frst, the idea of suicide,
which means sleep; second, reaction,
which in hopefulness.
He chose to react, and did it prompt.
". A little time, and the rooms in tho
Place de l'Ecole de Medicine, opposite
the booksellers, displayed u card stuck
on the entr ance door with red waters.
20 louer," the hammer Of the auctioner
AuDchcu uOWu NuO COulbOitt lui
tire of the apartments in tho Rue Ros-
SIM, while that Of the carpenter nailed
up the wcll-beloved books in stout
boxes, and the places that had known
NJ. le docteur knew him no more,
Nevertheless, he said as no turned
his back on Paris, "even idle wander
ings are better than dying Of consump-
tion."
Behold the student Of science wan
derer on the face of the earth, every
where avoiding civilization and counting
nature and the company of men who
either by birth or adoption were the
children Of nature.
Certainly the treatment benefited
Fourier. BY and by it did mOre-it
cured him. The cough was forgotten,
the checks filled out, the muscles be-
came hard as bundles of steel wire, his
strength was prodigious, he ate his food
with relish unknown in Paris, and
slept like child.
Nevertheless, his mind, trained to
habits Of thought and observation, was
not idle. When city was his home he
had been Psychologist and had studied
man; he made the world his dwelling
place, and wandering among the nations
no became an ctnnologist and began to
study men.
Fourier, physiol ,gist. as have sail
not by the education of the schools, but
by the broader education of his travels
sociologist and ethnologist, devoted
himself again to science, and framed his
hypothesis; Climatic influences, act
ing upon man. bring about physical
changes exceedingly slowly, because