Lot 127
Brodie, Benjamin Collins - ADS Giving Instructions For a Patient (1783-1862) British physiologist and surgeon whose name is applied to certain diseases of the bones and joints. His Pathological and Surgical Observations on the Diseases of the Joints (1818) led to fewer amputations and the saving of many limbs. He was the first surgeon to be elected president of the Royal Society (1858). Autograph document signed, "B C Brodie," 2 pages, 9 x 7", no place, Aug. 10, 1834. Brodie writes what seems to be instructions for a patient, in part: "To lie on a sofa for an hour in the middle of the day…To take exercise daily in the open air…In summer to bathe in the open sea on the alternate days, At other times of the year to use a shorter bath of sea water, or salt water every morning. A little (?) in cold weather." Light soiling; a couple of fold separations at edges, one passing through part of "18" in the date; and a few contemporary ink blotches. Boldly penned and signed. Estimate Value $200 - UP
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