PORTIER (Paul) - Lot 234

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PORTIER (Paul) - Lot 234
PORTIER (Paul) Bar-sur-Seine, 1866 - Paris, 1962. French marine biologist and zoologist, collaborator with Charles Richet in the discovery of anaphylaxis. Autograph postcard signed "P. Portier", addressed to "Mon cher Maurice" [Maurice Emmanuel]. Bar-sur-Aube, undated [1918]. 1 page in-12 oblong. Military postcard, with hospital stamp. Interesting card written in the context of the First World War, while Portier was in the military hospital at Bar-sur-Aube. Having learned that his correspondent was staying in La Rochelle, he approved of this temporary withdrawal, which he considered wise, while raising the possibility of an additional refuge on the island of Ré, where he mentions a relative, Dr. Kéjaisson, mayor of Ars-en-Ré. The map takes on a special significance when Portier recalls his own situation: recently removed from the front, he recalls that "a month ago, the cannon was thundering in our ears", a striking phrase that testifies to the proximity of the fighting and the violence of the context in which he was evolving only a short time before. A brief but evocative document, combining friendly concerns and direct testimony to wartime living conditions, revealing a more intimate and historical facet of the scholar's correspondence.
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