1785 Exceptionally Detailed French Physician’s Report About a Female Patient
10155On offer is an excellent French medical report that dates from pre-revolutionary France.
The document is a Doctor’s record about a particular patient. The name Coulavoz is noted in two places, suggesting that this is the name of the patient. Context suggests that the patient is a woman.
Je suis appele au mois d'avril dernier par elle. Dont je dirige la sante depuis quelque annees. Ce est sujet a une tour habituelle qui lui fait rejetter une pituite assez abondante...
[Translation: I was called last April by her. I have been managing her health care for a few years now. It is subject to a habitual pattern that has her rejecting a rather large pituitary gland...]
The notes then go on to describe in great detail physical conditions and symptoms in the patient.
For a historian, especially one looking at the extent of medical diagnostic skill and treatments in the later 18th century France, this doctor’s medical notes are a superb window into that world. For a medical practitioner, this note would be an excellent addition to a library or collection.
The document is a single sheet, four page piece that measures 8.5 inches by 6.5 inches. The paper has a blue tint and is in excellent condition. The document is about 2/3’s complete. The handwriting is quite legible.
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