Claude Bernard, French physiologist Kock A satire on the Gordon

A satire on the Gordon Riots of 1780

Denis Payton

Japanese costume

Above them are portraits of Charles II and James

Mr Upcott's House

Claude Bernard, French physiologist Kock A satire on the GordonClaude Bernard, French physiologist, 1876. Bernard (1813 1878) investigated the liver, discovering glycogen, and determined that most of the process of digestion occurs in the small intestine, rather that the stomach. He showed that haemoglobin carries oxygen in red blood cells, and demonstated how carbon monoxide poisoning disrupted this process. When Bernard died in 1878, the French government organised his funeral, making him the first French