Surgeon (1869-1939) who pioneered many modern neurosurgical techniques and investigated the functions of the pituitary gland. Two TLSs, signed "Harvey Cush" and "Harvey Cushing," each one page, 6.75 x 8.5, Yale University School of Medicine letterhead, both dated August 18, 1936. Cushing replies to a request from Forrest E. Doucette of the Arizona State Board of Health, in full: "I hardly know whether I have anything particularly heartening to say to the hospitalized veterans that are congregated in Arizona; but if the enclosed statement will answer your purpose, I shall be glad to have you use it." The signed statement is included, in full: "In spite of everything, I am confident that all of us who were damaged in the War, whether by wounds, exposure or illness, and have reason to know, better than others, the truth of Walt Whitman's statement as to 'where lies the marrow of war's tragedy,' would under corresponding circumstances cheerfully take the same risks again." In very good to fine condition, with scattered small stains to the first page, and heavy adhesive staining to the left edge of each page.
