BERNARD, Claude (1813-1878)
Autograph letter signed « Claude Bernard » to Mr Worms
N.p.n.d, 1 p. 1/2 in-12 on laid paper with his embossed initials
« If you can come one of these mornings… bring me your experimental information on cholera »
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BERNARD, Claude (1813-1878)
Autograph letter signed « Claude Bernard » to Mr Worms
N.p.n.d, 1 p. 1/2 in-12 on laid paper with his embossed initials
Three missing bits from corners on second folio, without affecting the text
The father of experimental medicine asks his correspondent about his recent studies on cholera
« Mon cher Mr Worms
Je vais un peu mieux. Si vous pouvez venir une de ces matinées (vendredi ou samedi) m’apporter les renseignements expérimentaux sur le choléra que vous avez eu l’obligeance de me promettre, je vous en serai bien reconnaissant.
Votre tout dévoué
Claude Bernard »
Considered the founder of experimental medicine, Claude Bernard left his name to the Claude Bernard-Horner syndrome. We owe him the notions of interior environment and homeostasis, foundations of modern physiology.
This note is probably addressed to Mayer Goudchaux Worms (1807-1881), doctor attached to the army health service in Algeria, then chief doctor of the military school of Saint-Cyr.