THE “GRANDFATHER OF MOLECULAR GENETICS” DNA pioneer. Typewritten carbon copy excerpt: “Part of a letter from Dr. O. T. Avery to his brother Roy C. Avery, dated May 13, 1945, just after his retirement from the Rockefeller Institute, when he was considering moving to Nashville, Tennessee. Original in the possession of R. C. Avery, … [ Read More ]
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Cushing, Harvey
American neurosurgeon and a pioneer of brain surgery. Typewritten Letter Signed, Harvey Cushing, quarto, one page, November 11, 1936, on his letterhead for The School of Medicine at Yale University. To Dr. Glanville Y. Rusk, Mount Zion Hospital, San Francisco, California. With two photographs of brain lesions, mounted on heavy card stock. “Dear Rusk / … [ Read More ]
Guillotin, Joseph-Ignace
French physician who invented the beheading machine which was employed during the French Revolution. Document Signed, Guillotin President, as President of the Committee of Health, full page, legal folio, Paris, November 23, 1790. Concerning a request that Dr. le Doyene be given an assistant. Fine condition. Matted in tan and maroon, with a bust-length engraving … [ Read More ]
Jenner, Edward
English founder of immunology; discovered vaccination for smallpox. Autograph Letter Signed, Edwd. Jenner, one page, small octavo, Berkeley, May 21, 1813. To Dear Madam, possibly a fellow fossil hunter and member of the Barrow Hill Club. “The turbulent state of the weather has prevented me from taking a walk over to Stowe in the course … [ Read More ]
Koch, Robert
ROBERT KOCH. German microbiologist. Signature, “Prof. R. Koch / Berlin,” in ink, on an off-white card measuring 3 inches wide by 1-1/2 inches high. Working with very limited resources, Robert Koch became one of the founders of bacteriology, the other major figure being Louis Pasteur. Koch’s work began during the Franco-Prussian War when he … [ Read More ]
Osler, William
WILLIAM OSLER. Physician and professor of medicine who practiced and taught in Canada, the United States and Great Britain. Autograph Letter Signed, Wm. Osler, [September 22, 1909], on a postcard measuring 4 1/2 inches wide by 3 1/2 inches high. To Hampton L. Carson. “Many thanks — bon voyage. Greetings to the family. Tell the … [ Read More ]
Pasteur, Louis
LOUIS PASTEUR. French chemist; developed Pasteurization and inoculation for rabies. Extraordinarily well-executed engraved portrait of Pasteur, head and shoulders, inscribed by him and signed, “L. Pasteur, 26 Septembre [18]89” in the lower right corner. The engraved portrait, overall 5 7/8 inches wide by 8 inches high, is by Eugène-André Champollion [1848-1901], described in Benezit as … [ Read More ]
Pasteur, Louis
LOUIS PASTEUR. French chemist; developed Pasteurization and an inoculation for rabies. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘L. Pasteur,” March 9 [no year]. One page, octavo. In French. “I want to thank you right away for your information on the subject of Mr. Eastlake’s work. I had already seen an interesting summary of it in your fine book … [ Read More ]
Rontgen, Wilhelm C.
WILHELM C. RONTGEN. German physicist; awarded first Nobel prize for physics n 1901 for his discovery of X-rays. Autograph Letter Signed, W.C. Röntgen, two pages, small octavo, Hotel Miramare, St. Margherita Ligure, March 19, 1903. On his personal correspondence card, to a colleague. “Although you have learned through the State Institute why I could not … [ Read More ]
Rontgen, Wilhelm C.
WILHELM C. RONTGEN. German physicist; awarded first Nobel prize for physics in 1901 for his discovery of X-rays. Autograph Letter Signed, Dr. W.C. Röntgen, one page, Cadenabbia, March 30, 1909. In German. On his personally imprinted correspondence card to the Court Secretariat of his Royal Highness Prince Alfons of Bavaria. “Enclosed I am sending you … [ Read More ]