The Prince imperial,

"Works consulted": p. 390-392.

Memoirs of Maria Antoinetta, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of France and Navarre : including several important periods of the French Revolution, from its origin to the 16th of October, 1793, the day of Her Majesty's martyrdom, with a narrative of the trial and martyrdom of Madame Elizabeth, the poisoning of Louis XVII in the temple, the liberation of Madame Royale, daughter of Louis XVI, and various subsequent events /

Vol. 2 translated by R. May ; v. 3 by Mrs. Ievers.

History of the French Revolution and of the wars produced by that memorable event : from the commencement of hostilities in l792, to the second restoration of Louis XVIII ; and the deportation of Napoleon Buonaparte to the Island of St. Helena, including a complete account of the war between Great Britain and America ; and the memorable Battle of Waterloo.../

Appendix includes "Biographical sketches of the heroes of Waterloo and other distinguished public characters."

[Localised rhabdomyosarcoma of the extremities in children and adolescents: results of the French experience]

PATIENTS AND METHODS: Forty-six patients with localised RMS of the limbs entered the MMT 89 and 95 study in France. We studied potential risk factors that were predictive of relapse and survival to propose a therapeutic approach of surgery and radiotherapy appropriate to the risk of relapse. RESULTS: Median age at diagnosis was 6.5 years [9 months to 15.5 years]. At time of diagnosis, 43% had marginal surgery and only 13% radical intervention. Primary re-excision was performed in 12% of the patients. All patients received chemotherapy, 43% had second look surgery and 37% received radiotherapy. Fifty-four percent of all tumors relapsed: local relapse 36%, nodes l8%, metastatic 40%, local and metastatic 16%. Estimated overall 5-year event-free survival (EFS) and overall survival (OS) were 40 and 57%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Prognosis of RMS of the limbs is bad but only 37% of the patients had radiotherapy. We could define patients with very high risk among those with limbs RMS as nodal involvement (5 years overall survival OS 22%), alveolar histology (OS 38%) and site of hand and foot (4 survivors out of 10 patients). In further studies, these patients should be treated even more aggressive with early surgery followed by re-excision if necessary, chemotherapy including alkylating agents and systematic radiotherapy.

Unprotected left main stenting in the real world: two-year outcomes of the French left main taxus registry

BACKGROUND: Cardiac surgery is the reference treatment for patients with left main (LM) disease, although percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stents is emerging as a possible alternative. The objective of this registry was to evaluate the 2-year outcome of elective percutaneous coronary intervention for unprotected LM disease with paclitaxel-eluting stents. METHODS AND RESULTS: A total of 291 patients were prospectively included from 4 centers. Acute myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock were the only exclusion criteria. Patients were 69+/-11 years old, 29% were diabetic, and 25% had 3-vessel disease. For distal LM lesions (78%), the provisional side-branch T-stenting approach was used in 92% of cases and final kissing balloon inflation in 97%. Angiographic success was obtained in 99.7% of cases. At 2-year follow-up, the total cardiac death rate was 5.4% (1 EuroSCORE point was associated with a 15% [95% confidence interval 2.9% to 28.2%, P=0.013] higher risk of cardiac death), target-lesion revascularization was 8.7%, and incidence of Q-wave or non-Q-wave myocardial infarction was 0.9% and 3.1%, respectively. The combined end point occurred in 15.8% of cases and stroke in 0.7%. The incidence of definite and probable LM stent thrombosis was 0.7%, whereas the incidence of any stent thrombosis was 3.8%, with a higher risk in patients with side-branch stenting in the presence of LM bifurcation lesions (hazard ratio 9.6, 95% confidence interval 1.2 to 77.7, P=0.035). CONCLUSIONS: Unprotected LM stenting with paclitaxel-eluting stents, with a strategy of provisional side-branch T-stenting for distal lesions, provides excellent acute angiographic results and good mid-term clinical outcomes, with a 15.8% rate of major adverse cardiac events at 2-year follow-up.

Memoirs of the queens of France. Including a memoir of Her Majesty, the late queen of the French (Marie Amelie).

Mode of access: Internet.

Considerations on the principal events of the French revolution /

Translation of: Considerations sur les principaux evénémens de la revolution françois.

The Empress Eugénie and her circle,

Letters from Dr. Barthez, physician to the Prince imperial, to his family, 1856-1865, and a letter on the death of the Prince imperial, 1879.

Considerations on the principal events of the French revolution. Posthumous work of the Baroness de Stael.

Mode of access: Internet.

Sermons of the Rev. James Saurin, late pastor of the French church at the Hague /

Mode of access: Internet.

Sermons translated from the original French of the late Rev. James Saurin, Pastor of the French church at the Hague.

Shoemaker

A classical French reader; selected from the best writers of that language in prose and poetry; preceded by an introduction, designed to facilitate the study of the rudiments of the French. And attended with notes, explanatory of idioms, etc. throughout the work. Compiled for the use of the round hill school,

[1. Containing pieces in prose.--2. Containing pieces in poetry.]

The idioms of the French and English languages ...

Mode of access: Internet.

The rudiments of the French tongue, or An essay and rational introduction to French grammar: wherein the principles of the language are methodically digested with useful notes and observations ...

Mode of access: Internet.