The publication in 2012 by Éditions Glyphe of The Life and Pioneering Work of Louis-Victor Marcé answered the need for a study of Marcé's life and work. The Marcé Society had long pointed to the dearth of information on Marcé's life and the need to situate Marcé's magisterial Treatise on the Madness of Pregnant Women in the context of Marcé's entire scholarly production.  The thorough investigation conducted by the late Thérèse Lempérière (1925-2013) and Jean-Pierre Luauté br