Jean-Noël HALLÉ (1754-1822), physician. L.A.S., January 1, 1 - Lot 327

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Jean-Noël HALLÉ (1754-1822), physician. L.A.S., January 1, 1 - Lot 327
Jean-Noël HALLÉ (1754-1822), physician. L.A.S., January 1, 1822, to DUPUYTREN, "Professor of the Faculty of Medicine of Paris"; 2 pages in-8, address. About the Duchess of BERRY, who has "asked him absolutely to indicate to her a doctor who can devote enough time to her to know her thoroughly and to whom she can entrust everything that interests her without reserve, as she has done with regard to you, which she applauds. I could not [...] suggest to her a man more enlightened, wiser and better able to appreciate her condition with great accuracy than LAËNNEC, no one is more incapable than he of introducing himself or maintaining himself by intrigue"... The Duchess and Monsieur having agreed to this choice, Hallé is to take the doctor to see Her Highness on Thursday: "I am persuaded that you appreciate the man enough to approve my choice, I did not have time to meditate on it, but it presented itself to my mind as the most suitable"...
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