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consequently enabled, to an extent, to bring Daniel d'Arthez to the notice of Rastignac, now Under-Secretary of State. He nursed Lucien de Rubempre who was wounded in a duel with Michel Chrestien in 1822; also Coralie, Lucien's mistress, and Mme. Bridau in their last illnesses. (Lost Illusions, A Distinguished Provincial at Paris, A Bachelor's Establishment, The Secrets of a Princess) In 1824 the young Doctor Bianchon accompanied Desplein, who was called in to attend the dying Flamet de la Billardiere. (The Government Clerks) In Provins in 1828, with the same Desplein and Dr. Martener, he gave the most assiduous attention to Pierrette Lorrain. (Pierrette) In this same year of 1828 he had a momentary desire to become one of an expedition to Morea. He was then physician to Mme. de Listomere, whose misunderstanding with Rastignac he learned and afterwards related. (A Study of Woman) Again in company with Desplein, in 1829, he was called in by Mme. de Nucingen with the object of studying the case of Baron de Nucingen, her husband, love-sick for Esther Gobseck. In 1830, still with his celebrated chief, he was cited by Corentin to express an opinion on the death of Peyrade and the lunacy of Lydie his daughter. Then, with Desplein and with Dr. Sinard, to attend Mme. de Serizy, who it was feared would go crazy over the suicide of Lucien de Rubempre. (Scenes from a Courtesan's Life) Associated with Desplein, at this same time, he cared for the dying Honorine, wife of Comte de Bauvan (Honorine), and examined the daughter of Baron de Bourlac—M. Bernard—who was suffering from a peculiar Polish malady, the plica. (The Seamy Side of History) In 1831 Horace Bianchon was the friend and physician of Raphael de Valentin. (The Magic Skin) In touch with the Comte de Granville in 1833, he attended the latter's mistress, Caroline Crochard. (A Second Home) He also attended Mme. du Bruel, then mistress of La Palferine, who had injured herself by falling and striking her head against the sharp corner of a fireplace. (A Prince of Bohemia) In 1835 he attended Mme. Marie Gaston—Louise de Chaulieu—though a hopeless case. (Letters of Two Brides) In 1837 at Paris he