Paget, Sir James (1814-1899) Autograph Letter Signed, 12 November 1880 to Charles Darwin (1809-1882)

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Paget, Sir James (1814-1899) Autograph Letter Signed, 12 November 1880 to Charles Darwin (1809-1882) Single laid paper sheet of Dr. Paget's Harewood Place writing paper, sending Darwin a printed copy of a talk on pathology the doctor recently delivered [not present], and explaining that "it was not intended for the teaching of my natural history. I was only to point to things in which members of my profession, especially the younger and less busy, may study pathology." Old folds, a few spots, 7 x 4 1/4 in.

N.B. The address is likely Paget's Address on Elemental Pathology, delivered in the Pathological Section of the British Medical Association, at the annual meeting in Cambridge, August, 1880. In it he describes the likeness of certain diseases of plants and trees to diseases found in humans.
Estimate $250-350


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