1. Lesser Writings. This is the preface in which he condemns the book: "the contents of this book...are the grossest imposition ever palmed upon man, a confused jumble of unknown drugs -- mostly poisons -- mixed together in what are called prescriptions...none of which possesses the qualities attributed to it... it contains a multitude of anarchical elements that totally disqualify it for any orderly action whatever... the best counsel I can give you, dear reader, is to place the main body of this book into the fire.

Er wurde zunächst auf dem Friedhof Montmartre beigesetzt, später (1898) zusammen mit seiner zweiten Frau auf dem Friedhof Père Lachaise begraben.