Lot 180
[Napoleon] Larrey, Baron Dominique-Jean, Napoleon's Military Surgeon (1766-1842) He introduced field hospitals, ambulance service, and first-aid practices to the battlefield; named a member of the Académie de Médicine in 1820. Two items: (1) Autograph document signed twice, one page, 5½ x 8 in., n.p., Aug. 19, 1806. Also signed by Nicolas Heurteloup, Larrey's predecessor as Chief-Surgeon of the Grande Armée, and another surgeon, "Sédillot." "The Society has charged us, Messrs. Heurteloup, Sédillot, and myself to submit a report on Mr. Terrade, Doctor of Medicine and a professor at the school in Brussels. He is the author of various articles sent to the Society among them an article on various cancer operations presenting remarkable circumstances which our colleague Deschamps has described in a report printed in the journal. Tarraude is also well respected in his city. We decide in favor of his admission…." (2) With an autograph note unsigned, 3¾ x 5 in., n.p., n.d. "I saw in the Edinborough Natural History Museum the skeletons of several walruses (of the Seal Family)…Two of them had very large heads and especially tusks that were more than a foot long originating at the end of the lower jaw and curving below and behind." Estimated Value $900 - 1,100
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