Doctor Ricord was surgeon in chief to the hospital for venereal diseases and to the Hôpital Cochin.

For his services in the ambulance corps during the siege of Paris he was made Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor in 1871.

[3] Jean Baptiste's son (Phillipe's nephew) took the name John Ricord, became a lawyer who practiced law in several notable cases while he traveled through the Republic of Texas, Oregon Territory, the Kingdom of Hawaii, and the California Gold Rush.

It consists of a solution containing 1g zinc sulfate, 2g lead acetate, 4g Sydenham laudanum and catechu tincture in 200ml of distilled water.

This formula was widely known and employed for the washing of tissue affected by simple urethritis thanks to its astringent and antiseptic properties.