Bianchon accompanied Desplein, who was called in to
attend the dying Flamet de la Billardiere. [The Government
Clerks.] In Provins in 1828, with the same Desplein
and Dr. Martener, he gave the most assiduous attention
to Pierrette Lorrain. [Pierrette.] In this same year
of 1828 he had a momentary desire to become one of
an expedition to Morea. He was then physician
to Mme. de Listomere, whose misunderstanding with
Rastignac he learned and afterwards related. [A Study
of Woman.] Again in company with Desplein, in 1829,
he was called in by Mme. de Nucingen with the
object of studying the case of Baron de Nucingen, her
husband, love-sick for Esther Gobseck. In 1830,
still with his celebrated chief, he was cited by Corentin
to express an opinion on the death of Peyrade and
the lunacy of Lydie his daughter. Then, with
Desplein and with Dr. Sinard, to attend Mme. de
Serizy, who it was feared would go crazy over the
suicide of Lucien de Rubempre. [Scenes from a Courtesan’s
Life.] Associated with Desplein, at this same time,
he cared for the dying Honorine, wife of Comte de Bauvan
[Honorine.], and examined the daughter of Baron de
Bourlac—M. Bernard—who was
suffering from a peculiar Polish malady, the plica.
[The Seamy Side of History.] In 1831 Horace Bianchon
was the friend and physician of Raphael de Valentin.
[The Magic Skin.] In touch with the Comte de Granville
in 1833, he attended the latter’s mistress, Caroline
Crochard. [A Second Home.] He also attended Mme.
du Bruel, then mistress of La Palferine, who had injured
herself by falling and striking her head against the
sharp corner of a fireplace. [A Prince of Bohemia.]
In 1835 he attended Mme. Marie Gaston—Louise
de Chaulieu —though a hopeless case. [Letters
of Two Brides.] In 1837 at Paris he accouched Mme.
de la Baudraye who had been intimate with Lousteau;
he was assisted by the celebrated accoucheur Duriau.
[The Muse of the Department.] In 1838 he was Comte
Laginski’s physician. [The Imaginary Mistress.]
In 1840 Horace Bianchon resided on rue de la Montagne-Sainte-Genevieve,
in the house where his uncle, Judge Popinot, died,
and he was asked to become one of the Municipal Council,
in place of that upright magistrate. But he declined,
declaring in favor of Thuillier. [The Middle Classes.]
The physician of Baron Hulot, Crevel and Mme.
Marneffe, he observed with seven of his colleagues,
the terrible malady which carried off Valerie and
her second husband in 1842. In 1843 he also visited
Lisbeth Fisher in her last illness [Cousin Betty.]
Finally, in 1844, Dr. Bianchon was consulted by Dr.
Roubaud regarding Mme. Graslin at Montegnac. [The
Country Parson.] Horace Bianchon was a brilliant and
inspiring conversationalist. He gave to society
the adventures known by the following titles:
A Study of Woman; Another Study of Woman; La Grande
Breteche.