AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS & MANUSCRIPTS
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Dec 2, 2021
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LOT 909:
HELMHOLTZ HERMANN VON: (1821-1894) German physicist and physician who made significant contributions in several ...
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HELMHOLTZ HERMANN VON: (1821-1894) German physicist and physician who made significant contributions in several scientific fields. A.L.S., H. Helmholtz, one page, 8vo, Heidelberg, 28th March 1871, to a gentleman. Helmholtz announces that he is leaving Heidelberg for Berlin and has 'given orders to the photographer who has made my last and best portrait to send you a copy of it for the Royal Ophthalmic Hospital', concluding by remarking 'With my best thanks for the honourable place you propose to give to this portrait'. With blank integral leaf. Some light overall age toning and a few minor stains, G In 1851 Helmholtz became world famous when he revolutionised the field of ophthalmology with the invention of the ophthalmoscope, an instrument used to examine the inside of the human eye. The Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital was founded at Charterhouse Square in 1805 by John Cunningham Saunders, assisted by John Richard Farre.
