ALS, two pages, 4.25 x 6.75, personal letterhead, February 24, 1895. Treves writes to Lady Dorothy. In part: “I will not fail to do anything I can for the nurse in whom you are interested. She is very highly spoken of. I am so sorry that I have so few opportunities of seeing you, but every Tuesday I have to lecture from 4 to 5 immediately after my visit to the wards…. It is most kind of you to continue to take so much interest in the hospital….” Staple holes and faint intersecting mailing folds (vertical fold to first letter of signature), and slight trimming and small chip to left edge of second page, otherwise fine condition
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Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet, GCVO, CH, CB British surgeon (1853–1923)(15 February 1853 – 7 December 1923) was a famous pioneer in abdominal surgery. In 1902 he performed an emergency appendicectomy on King Edward VII. Saving his life shortly before the coronation.
remembered as the personal physician to “Elephant Man” John Merrick.
Apologies for the poor photograph but I have separate scans for the letter on request
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