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Auction: 316 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 1258

Napoleonic; Medicine: Heurteloup, Nicholas (1750-1812). French military physician, and Chief Surgeon of the Grand Armée. His work garnered the praise of Napoleon who made him an Officer of the Legion d´honneur in 1809, and a Baron in 1810. Autograph Document Signed "N. Heurteloup". On a single folio sheet of Conseil de Santé stationery (written on both sides), dated 17 prairial (5 June) [1795]. Addressing the Commission of the Public Corps, Heurteloup and his fellow Conseil co-signers relate that they have begun designating health officers to serve at the to-be-reestablished Maubuisson Hospital and ask for certain administrative clarification. Quarter-folded and overall well-preserved, Good Fine. Accompanied by a receipt dated 30 Oct. 1829 from the Museum Royal D´Histoire Naturele, and a 1967 receipt and note from the Librarie de L´Abbaye for the sale of the letter which was sold then for Fr.125,80. [4]

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