Robin

(Charles Philippe), French physician, senator member of the Institute and of the Academy of Medecine, b. Ja eron (Aix), 4 June, 1821. Became M.D. in ’46, and D.Sc. ’47. In company with Littré he refounded Nysten’s Dictionary of Medicine , and he has written many important medical works, and one on Instruction . In ’72 his name was struck out of the list of jurors on the ground of his unbelief in God, and it thus remained despite many protests until ’76. In the same year he was elected Senator, and sits with the Republican Left. He has been decorated with the Legion of Honor.