"First, having at the time of the cholera distinguished myself by a boundless devotion; second, by having published, at my expense, various works of public utility, such as" (and he recalled his pamphlet entitled, "Cider, its manufacture and effects," besides observation on the lanigerous plant-louse, sent to the Academy; his volume of statistics, and down to his pharmaceutical thesis); "without counting that I am a member of several learned societies" (he was member of a single one).
I° S’être, lors du choléra, signalé par un dévouement sans bornes; 2° avoir publié, et à mes frais, différents ouvrages d’utilité publique, tels que... (et il rappelait son mémoire intitulé: Du cidre, de sa fabrication et de ses effets; plus, des observations sur le puceron laniger, envoyées à l’Académie; son volume de statistique, et jusqu’à sa thèse de pharmacien); sans compter que je suis membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes (il l’était d’une seule).