[The chemists at the Paris Royal Academy of Sciences in the time of the Lémerys (1699-1743)].

Who were the chemists at the Paris Royal Academy of Sciences in the time of the Lémerys ? From the nomination of Nicolas Lémery, in 1699, until his death, in 1715, thirteen members of the Academy belonged to the section of Chemistry, and twenty-four until the death of Louis Lémery in 1743. In total, some thirty members made contributions dealing with chemistry, either famous like Réaumur and Buffon, or as obscure as Deschiens de Ressons, who opposed Louis Lémery. On the institutional level, most members of the chemical were promoted up to the coveted seats of senior members (pensionnaires) and several sat among the chief officiers (directeur, sous-directeur).

The letter, the dictionary and the laboratory: translating chemistry and mineralogy in eighteenth-century France.

Eighteenth-century scientific translation was not just a linguistic or intellectual affair. It included numerous material aspects requiring a social organization to marshal the indispensable human and non-human actors. Paratexts and actors' correspondences provide a good observatory to get information about aspects such as shipments and routes, processes of translation and language acquisition (dictionaries, grammars and other helpful materials, such as translated works in both languages), texts acquisition and dissemination (including author's additions and corrections, oral presentations in academic meetings and announcements of forthcoming translations).

Rapid HIV test in family practice.

Background: The 2010-2014 HIV/AIDS French program recommends using HIV rapid diagnostic tests in family practice. Our aim was to assess the acceptability and feasibility of the RDT in family practice in France.

Methods: The first part of this study was to determine the opinions of family practitioners (FPs) concerning the news guidelines for screening and the possible use of rapid HIV tests in their practice.

Tigecycline use in critically ill patients: a multicentre prospective observational study in the intensive care setting.

Purpose: This prospective observational study aimed at describing prescription patterns of tigecycline and patient outcomes in 26 French intensive care units (ICU).

Methods: Data of consecutive cases of adult patients treated with tigecycline were collected from the initiation until 7 days after the end of treatment. Response to treatment was classified as success, failure or undetermined and analyses were presented according to severity (SOFA score <7 or ≥7).