LAENNEC René [Quimper, 1781 - manor of Ploaré, 1826], French - Lot 326

LAENNEC René [Quimper, 1781 - manor of Ploaré, 1826], French physician. Autograph letter signed addressed to his father. Nantes, 8 germinal VI (28 March 1798); 2 pages in-4°. Beautiful letter from a son to his "dear father", the Breton lawyer and magistrate Théophile-Marie Laennec, talking about his studies. The young René, health officer of 3rd class, pursues his studies in Nantes, under the protection of his Uncle Guillaume Laennec, a doctor and politician: "My uncle was appointed elector. The The elections will be more or less over in Nantes, tomorrow or the day after. We are currently spending in the greatest tranquility the days when last year, candidates to the representation the confidence of the people with sabers. It seems that everything is going on as peacefully in the other departments". He takes lessons of flute, trying to mask a little "the sharp sounds and the comfortable hum of my harmony. Michaud [his younger brother, who plays the violin] must be currently a virtuoso capable of eclipsing all the Viottis and Jarnowicks of the world. I intend to send him to send him soon concertos by the Chevalier de Saint-Georges, if he does not prefer to compose himself. The still fills part of my time. I am beginning to read Homer. I will even soon get a Thucydides soon a Thucydides in order to attack at once the great difficulty, although I am still far from overcoming it. If time would permit, I would have the best possible opportunity to learn English. I am connected with a young Englishman who expresses himself in our language with correctness and who knows his own language by principles.