Apr 27, 2006 - Sale 2077

Sale 2077 - Lot 89

Price Realized: $ 632
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(MEDICINE.) ANDRAL, GABRIEL. Autograph Letter Signed, "Andral," to an unnamed recipient, in French, concerning the condition afflicting the Baroness V.S., describing it as "a variety of nervous symptoms and inflammations" in addition to a dry cough, and prescribing cod liver oil, carbonated iron, and massages. 3 1/2 pages, folded small 4to sheet; usual folds. Paris, December 1850
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Andral (1797-1876) French physician credited with the founding of hematology, originated the term anemia and was one of the first physicians to apply a chemical analysis of blood to clinical treatment.