Autograph letter signed on mourning stationery.
Publisher Information: 1907. Benedikt, Moritz (1835-1920). Autograph note signed on mourning stationery, dated 30.1.07 (January 30, 1907). Single sheet, 178 x 113 mm. Creased horizontally, light wear along fold. Accompanied by typescript translation and portrait photograph of Benedikt. Very good.
Benedikt's response to a letter of condolence--"Your kind note is of special value to me because of our common remembrance and I thank you heartily-also in the name of my family-for it." Benedikt, an Austrian physician, is best remembered for his discovery of "Benedikt's syndrome": paralysis of the oculomotor nerve on one side with intensive trembling of the other side, caused by injury to the fibers of the third nerve and cerebellar paths. See Garrison-Morton 4576 and Garrison's History of Neurology, p. 416. Book Id: 38725
Price: $450.00