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Elie Metchnikoff

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Elie Metchnikoff

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Auction Date:2010 Sep 15 @ 22:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Russian biologist, zoologist, and protozoologist (1845-1916) best remembered for his pioneering research into the immune system. Mechnikov received the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1908. AQS, signed “Elie Metchnikoff,” on an off-white 4.25 x 3 card, dated April 9, 1915. Metchnikoff writes: “Our intelligence informs us that man is capable of much, and for this reason we hope that he may be able to modify his own nature and transform his disharmonies into harmonies. It is only human will that can attain this ideal.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original transmittal envelope.