English physician who became the personal doctor of Queen Victoria and discovered the distinction between typhus and typhoid. ALS signed “W. Jenner,” one page, 4.5 x 7.25, personal letterhead, February 25, 1874. Jenner writes his colleague, homeopathic physician and author Edward C. Chepmell, to inquire as to the condition of the wife of Russian ambassador Count Philippe Brunnow. In full: “The Queen has desired me to ask you for Her Majesty’s information on how Countess Brunnow is going on.” Intersecting folds, brushing to a few letters and mirroring of a few words, and some stray ink spots, otherwise fine condition. An intriguing inquiry from the Queen’s physician. RR Auction COA.
