“…born in Port Louis…his mother raised him.”

Berthelot, M. (1900). The life and works of Brown-Séquard. Washington: Govt. Print. Office, p. 678.

Ott, I., & Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia,. (1896). Dr. Brown-Sequard. Philadelphia: Publisher not identified, p. 2. Originally printed in the Medical Bulletin.

“…by embroidery work.”

Berthelot, M. (1900). The life and works of Brown-Séquard. Washington: Govt. Print. Office, p. 678.

“…to become a poet.”

Berthelot, M. (1900). The life and works of Brown-Séquard. Washington: Govt. Print. Office, p. 679.

“A man whose business was words…”

Berthelot, M. (1900). The life and works of Brown-Séquard. Washington: Govt. Print. Office, p. 670.

“…drawn to experimental work.”

Ott, I., & Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia, (1896). Dr. Brown-Sequard. Philadelphia: Publisher not identified, p. 2. Originally printed in the Medical Bulletin.

“…caught sepsis…”

“Charles Edouard Brown-Séquard’s Departure from the Medical College of Virginia: Incompatible Science or Incompatible Social Views in pre–Civil War Southern United States,” Joseph C. Watson and Stephen V. Ho, World Neurosurgery, Vol. 75, No. 5/6, 2011, p. 751.

“His mother died…”

Berthelot, M. (1900). The life and works of Brown-Séquard. Washington: Govt. Print. Office, p. 680.

“…a sponge tied onto a string…”

“Charles Edouard Brown-Séquard’s Departure from the Medical College of Virginia: Incompatible Science or Incompatible Social Views in pre–Civil War Southern United States,” Joseph C. Watson and Stephen V. Ho, World Neurosurgery, Vol. 75, No. 5/6, 2011, p. 752.

“…a twenty-year-old man was guillotined…”

Séquard, C. E. B. (1853). Experimental researches applied to physiology and pathology. New-York: H. Baillière, p. 89.

“…a pound of dog’s blood…”

Séquard, C. E. B. (1853). Experimental researches applied to physiology and pathology. New-York: H. Baillière, pp. 90-91.

“…he was not French.”

Berthelot, M. (1900). The life and works of Brown-Séquard. Washington: Govt. Print. Office, p. 678.

“…the comb of a rooster…”

“Charles Edouard Brown-Séquard’s Departure from the Medical College of Virginia: Incompatible Science or Incompatible Social Views in pre–Civil War Southern United States,” Joseph C. Watson and Stephen V. Ho, World Neurosurgery, Vol. 75, No. 5/6, 2011, p. 752.