Auction Date:2014 Jan 15 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : 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
French physician (1781–1826) who invented the stethoscope in 1816 and pioneered its use for diagnosing chest problems. Partial autograph letter, unsigned, in French, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 9.75, July 24, 1810. First four pages to a longer letter to his father Teophile Laennec about financial matters and the country home his father bought, Kerlouranec, with several crossed out corrections by Laennec. In fine condition, with intersecting folds and some scattered light areas of toning.
Following his graduation from École Pratique in Paris and his entry into the the Société de l’École de Médecine, Rene Laennec became editor of the Journal de Médecine, to which he frequently contributed. With his impressive studies on pulmonary disease and prodigious clinical skills, his fame in the medical community quickly began to grow. While his father followed his career with great interest, the relationship between the two was a constant source of stress for the young doctor; a spendthrift who was frequently in trouble with fiscal authorities, the senior Laennec’s financial irresponsibility eventually landed Rene and his brother Michaud in bitter court battles over family finances. An incredibly rare letter centered on this tenuous relationship, this is an excellent piece written shortly before Laennec began his work at Necker Hospital, where he would make his most important contribution to medicine with the invention of the stethoscope.
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