title: [THE FRENCH ANATOMICAL XAVIER BICHAT (1771 - 1802). FUNDATOR OF DOCTRINE OF TISSUES. BIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY BEFORE HIS GRAVE].
abstract: It is reminded to Marie Francois Xavier Bichat (1771-1802), French physician who figure in the pages of the history of the Universal Medicine. With him begins the anatomic mentality in the nineteenth century, which in 1801 introduced the concept of tissue in his book "Anatomie Generale". With unprecedented nature is disclosed his tomb in Paris' Pere Lachaise cemetery visited by the author, fact that motivated before it about his memories and historical work, which appears in the communication, as a tribute to his memory.
authors.forename: José Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pérez García
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000266:history*; D005602:France; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century