Unsigned document, one page both sides, 8 x 9.75, February 29 to March 19, 1956. Medical document regarding X-rays related to the surgery to remove Bogart’s esophageal cancer, including notes from his doctor from both before and after the surgery. On February 29, the day before surgery, his doctor notes, “Barium studies revealed a flat irregular defect involving the middle third of the esophagus…There is no significant obstruction.” On March 1, he writes, “A portable anteroposterior view of the chest shows a large amount of mottled density at the right base but this is unchanged…A posterior segment of the fifth rib on the right has been surgically removed. The right lung is fully expanded and there is no pleural fluid there.” Some progress was shown on the following day, when there was a “complete clearing of the diffuse density which was present over the entire left hemithorax.” Reverse bears a brief description and the cost of each radiograph. In fine condition, with a piece of red tape affixed to reverse. RR Auction COA.
