Lot 4415
Vargas, José Maria (1786-1854) 2nd President of Venezuela; preeminent 19th century South American physician and author; instituted numerous medical and other reforms, and gave his salary as President to charity. Extremely rare Autograph Letter in English Signed ("Joseph Várgas"), Caracas, May 2, 1844, one page, quarto. With integral address leaf to the great American physician and author, Dr. Charles Meigs in Philadelphia. Meigs was a pioneer in the study of gynecology and midwifery. In an extraordinary exchange of medical information, Vargas gives him statistics of different stages in the lives of Venezuelan women.
In part: "Your letter of 30 Jany. has been a great honnour to me, and for it I know to be indebted to the benevolence of Messrs. Boulton and Dallet. I thank you very much for your kind present of books and some pamphlets. To the points you are desirous of ascertaining regarding the epoch of puberty and the critical age of the women of this country is enjoined my answer embodyed with the information of the practical physicians of this city: earnestly I wish that it may be of any service to your important purpose….The second volume of my lectures on surgery is going to the press….If you consider that I may be of any service to you in this country, I will be very happy to receive your orders…."
Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000.
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