 "L'Onanisme" is now regarded to have been substantially influenced by the anonymous pamphlet "".Tissot's most famous work in his lifetime was "Avis au peuple sur sa santé" (1761), arguably the greatest medical best-seller of the eighteenth century.On 1 April 1787, Napoleon Bonaparte wrote to Dr. Tissot complimenting him for spending his “days in treating humanity” noting that his “reputation has reached even into the mountains of Corsica” and describing “the respect I have for your works…"