and, knowing Desplein and his strong atheistic beliefs, decides to follow him. He sees Desplein alone attending a mass. After Desplein departs, Bianchon...
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among surgeons, least among men' by Pierre-François Percy. The surgeon Desplein in Balzac's short story 'The Atheist's Mass' is based on Dupuytren.[citation...
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