Magendie was firmly opposed to bloodletting and ordered physicians working under him not to bleed.
According to Magendie, this salt sometimes agrees with patients who cannot bear the acetate.
Bernard was very different from his master, Magendie, in his applications of the experimental method.
The division of food into azotized and non-azotized is said to have been first pointed out by Magendie.
Magendie attributes the nutritious principle to the greater or lesser proportion of nitrogen or azote.