Everyone in his hospital trembled when he was angry; and his students so revered him that they tried, as soon as they were themselves in practice, to imitate him as much as possible. So that in all the towns about they were found wearing his long wadded merino overcoat and black frock-coat, whose buttoned cuffs slightly covered his brawny hands—very beautiful hands, and that never knew gloves, as though to be more ready to plunge into suffering.
Tout tremblait dans son hôpital quand il se mettait en colère, et ses élèves le vénéraient si bien, qu’ils s’efforçaient, à peine établis, de l’imiter le plus possible; de sorte que l’on retrouvait sur eux, par les villes d’alentour, sa longue douillette de mérinos et son large habit noir, dont les parements déboutonnés couvraient un peu ses mains charnues, de fort belles mains, et qui n’avaient jamais de gants, comme pour être plus promptes à plonger dans les misères.