Mademoiselle Thuars’ Fiery Death (sources)

• PRIMARY SOURCE: "Observation: Sur un effet singulier de la combustion; par m. Merille, chirugian à Caen," article in the Journal de Médecine, Chirurgie, Pharmacie, etc., Vol. LIX (59), February 1783, Paris, France. Pg. 140-141. Online at: https://books.google.com/books?id=eQQHAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA140&dq=%22requis+le+3+du+mois+de+juin+1782%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EASCVZC-M4rToATUu4mgBg&ved=0CDwQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22requis%20le%203%20du%20mois%20de%20juin%201782%22&f=false

Mentions & Repeaters

• Elements of Medical Jurisprudence (second edition), by Theodric Romeyn Beck, 1825 London, England. Pg. 314.
• “On the Combustion of the Human Body, produced by the long and immoderate Use of Spirituos Liquors,” by Pierre-Aime Lair, article in The Philosophical Magazine, Vol. VI, March 1800, London, England. Pgs. 138-149. Online at: https://books.google.com/books?id=m2D7VC8H7BcC&pg=RA1-PA132&dq=%22On+the+Combustion+of+the+Human+Body,%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=H6EKVcWpLcOoogSPj4L4DA&ved=0CDgQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22On%20the%20Combustion%20of%20the%20Human%20Body%2C%22&f=false