[Charles Gaudichaud, chemist in the Navy (1789-1854].

Born into a family of Angouleme, Charles Gaudichaud (1789-1854) became a chemist in the Navy. He sailed round the world twice and spent over a year in South America. The Academy of Sciences awarded him the Montyon prize of physiology.

[The pharmacists of Angoulême in the days of Honoré de Balzac].

The large volume of Honoré de Balzac's correspondence testifies to his keen sense of friendship. He stayed in Angoulême three times at his friend Carraud's, which inspired his novel: Les Illusions perdues. His character, Lucien, is the son of Chardon, a pharmacist of the l'Houmeau, neighborhood similar to a real life character Evangelista.

[Drug facilities in the French navy].

Pharmaceutical facilities on board French Navy Vessels must be adapted to the constraints of medical quarters when they exist, or to the lack of such quarters when there are not any. They must meet the demands of the vessel's mission take into account, the number of people on board and the means of members of the Navy Medical Corps. In our ever changing world, the recent increase of female crew members has made it necessary to alter the list of medicines usually taken on board.