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The letter is on yellow graph paper and it says, “Your kind note of Sept. 26 has been forwarded to me here in the woods and I am harry not to have assigned before. Here mail is a bit erratic. I shall be back about the middle of Oct then hope to see you.…” Signed, “Smith Ely Jeliff”.
JELIFF, SMITH. (1866-1945). American neurologist, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst who lived and practiced in New York City nearly his entire life. Originally trained in botany and pharmacy, Jelliffe switched first to neurology in the mid-1890s then to psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, and ultimately to psychoanalysis.
A.L.S., 4to, Huletts Landing, NY, Oct 3, 1930.
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The letter written with a flowing handwriting of Lieber says, “The conscious water saw its god …’blushed’ and glowed – was wine; And does my soul remain unchanged Drinking His word divine? Very Truly your best F. Lieber”.
LIEBER, FRANCIS. (1800-1872) German-American jurist and political philosopher. Originally known as Franz Lieber.
A.L.S., 8vo, nd., np
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On the colorful image Seaborg shown in a business suit smiling and pointing to the Periodic Table of the Elements. Signed in black pen on light background. Ready for presentation.
SEABORG, GLENN. (1912–1999) American scientist who won the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements, contributed to the discovery and isolation of ten elements, developed the actinoids concept and was the first to propose the actinoids series which led to the current arrangement of the Periodic Table of the Elements.
Photograph Signed, 4to, n.p., n.d.
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In this letter he suggests a time to meet his correspondent. He signed, “B.C. Brodie”.
BRODIE BENJAMIN, COLLINS. (1783-1862) English physiologist and surgeon who pioneered research into bone and joint disease.
Autograph Letter Signed, small 8vo, June 2, 1851, n.p.
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The letter written on a blue folded paper in German (no translation), is signed, “Hugo Munsterberg”.
MUNSTERBERG, HUGO. (1863-1916) German-American psychologist.
A.L.S., in German, 3 pp on folded 8vo sheet, Luxemburg, Nov 1, 1899.
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With Veterans Affairs envelope to Tina Levitan, send from Bronx, NY, Feb 11, 1993, with a note from the desk of Rosalyn S. Yalow, on 2/11/93, “To Tina Levitan, Note the errors and changes. Rosalyn Yalow”. Official signed copy of the publication about Rosalyn Yalow, The first American woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. “For the development of radioimmunoassay’s of peptide hormones”, by Tina Levitan. The end of the typed document reads, “Read and Approved for Publication.” Signed, “Rosalyn S.Yalow 2/8/92”.
YALOW, ROSALYN . (b 1921) American medical physicist, and a co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her development of the radioimmunoassay (RIA) technique.
Autograph Note Signed, 8vo, Feb 11, 1993, Bronx, NY, with Typed Document Signed, 4to, 6pp, Feb 8, 1992, NY, NY.
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The black and white photograph of .White. He is shown, bust length, in a business suit, with glasses. He signed and inscribed the picture on his forehead, “To Kenneth Lane, My best wishes, Paul Dudley White, April 12, 1967”.Ready for presentation.
WHITE, PAUL DUDLEY. (1886–1973) American physician and cardiologist and personal physician to President Eisenhower.
Signed Photograph, 4to. April 12,1967, n.p.
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LODGE, OLIVER SIR. (1851-1940) English physicist and writer involved in the development of the wireless telegraph. Lodge, in his Royal Institution lectures ("The Work of Hertz and Some of His Successors") coined the term "coherer". He gained the "syntonic" (or tuning) patent from the United States Patent Office in 1898.
Autograph Letter Signed, 2 pages 8vo, Cogbaston, England, March 22, 1911.
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This letter was sent to Henry Mills Esq. In Buffalo, NY, and reads, "Dear Sir, If the specimens of natural history, which you offer to send through the mail are dry, I do not see how the post-master can refuse them; if they are wet, or in alcohol, it would be contrary to regulation. We will take great pleasure in forwarding to destination anything of this kind that you may send us, on condition of receiving a similar series for the Natural Museum….” Signed in full, “ Spencer Baird”. With the holograph Stamped Envelope with printed address of Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
BAIRD, SPENCER. (1823-1887) American ornithologist and ichthyologist
Autograph Letter Signed, 4to, on Smithsonian Institution stationery Washington, D.C Feb 9, 1882.
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Exceptional twice-signed A.L.S., sending a..”Recipe” (prescription) for Milo O’Conner to commence with as soon as she shall have finished the medicine she is now taking. “You can get it at any of the Apothecaries I can renew it as often as she may take the whole…she only has not to be without it any time till I see her again….” Signed, “John Watts,” Below he writes the names of four treatments with dosage and he signs again, “JW” after a post script. Integral address panel on verso with a strange series of zeros, ones and slashed. Cross folded, light buckling from missing seal, minor soiling, overall very good.
WYATT, JOHN. (1786-1831) American pioneering physician, founder and president of The New York College of Physicians.
A.L.S. 4to, June 14,1817, n.p.
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PEIRCE, BENJAMIN. (1809-80).American mathematician and astronomer known for his investigation of Uranus, Neptune and Saturn.
Autograph Letter Signed, 2 pages on one 8vo, Boston, 1863.
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"I have been so rushed that not a moment has been free for anything having to do with myself or personal matters. . Meanwhile I shall try to read the little brochure that Mrs. Lazel has included with her letter." Signed "Beatrice M. Hinkle."
HINKLE, BEATRICE. American psychiatrist. Opened first psychotherapeutic clinic in America in 1908.
Typed Letter Signed, on her name-imprinted professional stationery 4to, New York, April 7, 1933.
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FLEMING, AMBROSE J. (1849-1945) English engineer who made numerous contributions to electronics, photometry, electric measurements, and wireless telegraphy.
Autograph Letter Signed, on his personal name imprinted stationery 4to, Devon May 12th 1939.
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HAHN, OTTO. (1879-1968) German physical chemist whose contributions were in the field of radioactivity.
A.L.S., in German, two sides on a government post card, postmarked Berchtesgaden, with holograph date, August 2, 1932.
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Excellent scientific content on a preferred disinfectant to use to neutralize odors and disinfect. The letter reads in part, “Dear Sir, I am replying to yours of Jan 23. I would say that in Standard Env.No.2 the potassium...Where as mercuric chloride has not the power to neutralize a fecal odor also to give color to the solution and thus prevent accidental poisoning….” Signed, “George M. Sternberg”. Fine condition.
STERNBERG, GEORGE MILLER. (1838–1915) U.S. Army physician who is considered to have been the first bacteriologist in the United States. He was the 18th U.S. Army Surgeon General from 1893 to 1902. Pioneering German bacteriologist .
A.L.S, 3pp on one 8vo folded sheet, Baltimore, Jan 26, 1886.
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To his lecture agent, James B. Pond. "To make a long story short: I do not wish to come to America. Perhaps next year ." Signed, "Dr. W. Stekel." Verso has his rubber stamped address as return address.
STEKEL, WILHELM. (1868-1940). Austrian psychoanalyst. Part of Freud's 1902 Psychological Wednesday Circle. He argued in "Bisexual Love" (1922) that both heterosexuality and homosexuality require repression and sublimation of natural urges.
A.L.S., in English, on Austrian government postcard, Vienna, June 30, 1931.
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He writes to a friend. "I am forwarding to you a letter addressed to me by Mr. Joseph Planche, doctor of law, very distinguished former student of the Catholic Institute, of a very religious and high ranking family in Verdun. See what you can do for his protégé." Nicely signed, "E. Branly."
BRANLY, ÉDOUARD. (1844-1940) French physicist, inventor of the "coherer" (1894), a primitive form of radio-wave detector that made wireless telegraphy possible.
Autograph Letter Signed, in French, 8vo, on handsome "Electrothérapie" name headed stationery, Paris, Oct. 24, 1903.
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He writes in full, “I am very sorry that I will not meet Mr. Bache. I leave in a few hours for Philadelphia. I hope I have the honor to meet Mr. Bache next winter in Washington or perhaps before in Cleveland.” Signed, “ ‘Ed’ Brown-Sequard.”
BROWN-SEQUARD, CHARLES . (1817-94). Mauritian physiologist and neurologist. His father was an American and his mother French, but he himself always desired to be looked upon as a British subject.
Autograph Letter Signed, in French, oblong 8vo, n.p., n.d.
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This document is a "re-rating requisition" for James Laing, chief book-keeper & accountant for private and laboratory functions. His salary will be increased from $45 to $50 a week with increased duties and responsibility. It is approved by "J. Miller" and signed in pencil by Edison, "T.A.E."
EDISON, THOMAS ALVA. (1847-1931) American inventor. Among his many inventions, of which he patented over a thousand, were an automatic telegraph repeater, printing telegraph, electric pen, the photograph and the incandescent lamp.
Manuscript D.S. 12mo, [New Jersey], Jan. 4, 1926.
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This is a sepia-tone photograph of the famed food reformer, 3/4-length, seated in a wooden armed chair, in grey tweed suit. He is staring, head up at the camera. Signed in older age, "Harvey W. Wiley, 1926."
WILEY, HARVEY W. (1844-1930). American chemist and reformer. Instrumental in securing passage of the Food and Drug Act by the U.S. Congress (1906). Director of Bureau of Foods, Sanitation, and Health at 'Good Housekeeping' magazine form 1912-30.
Scarce original Photograph Signed, 4to, n.p., 1926.
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