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Universal elixir of Thomas-Nicolas Larcheret (1819) and his elixirian and normal doctrine – Thomas-Nicolas Larcheret, teacher in singing, declamation, guitar or lyre and violin, author of music and books, but also inventor of the universal elixir by his name, is a good example of quack of the 19th century. His book Larcheregium ou Dictionnaires spéciaux de mon élixir, ainsi que toute ma doctrine et de mes adhérens (Larcheregium or special Dictionaries of my elixir, as well as all my doctrine and my adherents), published in 1819, deserves a deep study to show the most frequently used arguments by the ones who emphasize the value of their secret remedy. The opportunities are there to present themselves as victims of medical authorities, experts and authorities as a whole, that do not recognize the value of their product. The only acceptable judge for them is the experience reported by the patients who are able to demonstrate the efficacy of the product since they do buy it (probably at a very high price). From this viewpoint, the book of Larcheret is a good example of turning the authorities down and of diatribe against physicians and pharmacists. It is also the demonstration that, even with the Empire’s new regulations against secret remedies and quacks, they will still persist for a large part of the 19th century in France.
Keywords: Charlatan, Larcheret (Thomas-Nicolas), élixir universel, remède secret, XIXe siècle.
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SUMMARY The urban center of North Cotentin Cherbourg knew prosperity during the apogee of transatlantic sea communication. The decline of this use as a port is hardly compensated by the rise in car-ferry traffic. The latter although having conqueered the aeroplane-route from Cherbourg to Southampton as had scarcely any impact on the region of Cherbourg. The traffic is seasonal ; the tourists of whom the vast majority {they are British) are rushing to set to their holiday site or to come back from it.
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The paper discusses the problems of maritime boundaries after the conclusion of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea. After a description of the different zones distinguishd by the new convention, the author inquires into the consequences of this territorial partitioning of the sea which leaves only a few large regions of High Seas. While in former times the sea was the territory of free navigation, it is becoming increasingly « privatized », to the benefit of the industrialized countries which dispose of hich technology to exploit the ressources of the sea. We are, in other words, moving from mare liberum to mare clausum.