ALS in French, signed "L. Pasteur," one page, 5.25 x 8, May 27, 1884. Handwritten letter to a gentleman, in part (translated): "Thank you for your kindness on my behalf and on behalf of my son the assurance of interest…and feelings of gratitude for the touching letter that you had the amiability to write him about his book. He is gone, indeed, for Marault, near Avallon, with his wife and daughter. He returns at the end of June to leave after a few days during which he will find the time, I doubt not, to come to you and present you his best wishes for good health and a long future." In fine condition. In 1883, Pasteur's son-in-law, Rene Vallery-Radot, published the first biography of Pasteur, who, at this time, had just started his studies on rabies and was gathering dogs as laboratory specimens. Just one year later, Pasteur successfully inoculated the first human against rabies.
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