Charles Nicolle - Institut Pasteur - Lettre autographe signée - Typhus, Georges Duhamel et Tunisie - 1924

Autographed letter signed by Charles Nicolle, French physician and microbiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate, director of the Pasteur Institute of Tunis, dated February 15, 1924.

Written in brown ink on two sheets of vellum paper with the Pasteur Institute of Tunis letterhead.

In this letter of exceptional scientific and human density, Charles Nicolle discusses his succession at the Institute, prepares his future lectures on typhus, recurrent fevers, and conjunctivitis, and details a medical expedition in southern Tunisia. He also speaks of his deep friendship with the writer Georges Duhamel, who accompanies him on his journey, and mentions the expedition by tracked vehicle to Chad.

Dimensions: 13.5 x 21.1 cm
Condition: Very good condition. See photos for more details.
Number of pages: 4 pages

Carefully shipped in rigid and watertight packaging.

- Charles Jules Henri Nicolle, born September 21, 1866 in Rouen and died February 28, 1936 in Tunis, was a French physician and microbiologist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1928. Wikipedia

- Georges Duhamel, born in Paris on June 30, 1884 and died in Valmondois on April 13, 1966, was a French physician, writer and poet. Made famous by writing Civilisation and then Chronique des Pasquier, he was elected to the Académie française in 1935, of which he served as perpetual secretary from 1944 to 1946. Wikipedia

- Louis Pasteur, born December 27, 1822 in Dole and died September 28, 1895 in Marnes-la-Coquette, was a French scientist, chemist, and physicist by training. His scientific career began with progressive experimentation on minerals, insects, and then plants, in microbiology. Wikipedia