HALLER, Albrecht von (1708-1777). Autograph letter to Eduard Sandifort. Bern, 19 Oct. 1768. 1 leaf, r° only, in Latin, signed, w. black wax seal.
Albrecht von Haller was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist, encyclopedist, bibliographer and poet. A pupil of Herman Boerhaave and Jacob Winslow, he is sometimes referred to as "the father of modern physiology". Eduard Sandifort (1742-1814) was a Dutch physician and anatomist. They were both foreign members of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences in Stockholm.€ 300