Discours Prononcé aux Obsèques de M. le Baron Portal, par M. Pariset, Secrétaire Perpétuel de l'Académie Royale de Médecine by Pariset, Étienne - 1832

Paris: s.n., 1832. Pamphlet. Very Good. [2], 4, [2] p.; 25 cm. "Académie Royale de Médecine" -- at head of title. "Ch Ravel" written on first page of text. Disbound from a collection of pamphlets owned by French homeopath Dr. Charles Ravel (1822-1887). The author, Étienne Pariset (1770-1847), was a French physician who founded the Société Protectrice des Animaux and was a doctor at the Salpêtrière Hospital, where he was the physician for the insane. Baron Antoine Portal (1742-1832) was a French anatomist and medical historian, and a founding member of Académie Royale de Médecine. In Very Good Condition: foxing, primarily on the title page and final (blank) leaf; otherwise, clean and bright. Scarce.