[Nicolas Larbaud (1822-1889), chemist in Vichy]

Nicolas Larbaud was a chemist, who was qualified by the Faculty of Pharmacy of Paris. He was interested, since his installation in Vichy, in therapeutic mineral waters and in exploiting those waters by bottling them or by thermal baths. Larbaud had many proceedings with his own family, with the Vichy official company with his colleagues and with the administration. He had to defend by force Prunelle spring which was drilled in his own pharmacy. He discovered Saint-Yorre thermal spring and exploited it. He earned a great fortune, was elected mayor and district counselor. His son was Valery Larbaud, writer and translator.