Apr 27, 2006 - Sale 2077

Sale 2077 - Lot 74

Price Realized: $ 690
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
(MEDICINE.) JACKSON, JAMES. Autograph Letter Signed, to Dr. Richard Spofford, detailing the case of a woman with an unknown disease and advising on a course of treatment, including removal of fluid by tapping, bleeding to reduce inflammation, the use of leeches and giving ingredients for an application to be applied to the abdomen. 7 pages, two folded 4to sheets. Boston, 27 September 1824

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Jackson (1777-1867) noted early American physician, one of the co-founders of Massachusetts General Hospital.
with--Three unrelated Autograph Letters Signed by Jackson. Vp, vd.