SZOKALSKI Wiktor] Announcement concerning free ophthalmic consultations for Poles in Paris. Dat. Paris, d. January 7, 1840 [Wladyslaw Plater].

SZOKALSKI Wiktor] Announcement concerning free ophthalmic consultations for Poles in Paris. Dat. Paris, d. January 7, 1840 [Wladyslaw Plater].

Print 1 p. Dimensions 20.5 x 13.5 cm. Handwritten addressing on the reverse Monsieur le Comte Plater - this probably refers to: Wladyslaw Ewaryst Broel-Plater (1808-1889) - aristocrat, member of the insurgent Sejm during the November Uprising, journalist and émigré politician, founder and member of the Society of the Polish National Museum in Rapperswil in 1870. Also a stamp. Traces of folding and tears.

An annotation by Wiktor Szokalski (1811-1891), a prominent Polish ophthalmologist.

Excerpt from the text: Dear Countryman. Beginning from the 10th of this month I appoint an hour every day, except Thursday, from 12 noon, to give free consultations to those suffering from eye diseases [...]. Wiktor Szokalski, Doctor of Medicine and Surgery at the Faculties of Gissen and Paris.

Wiktor Feliks Szokalski (born December 15, 1811 in Warsaw, died January 6, 1891 there) - Polish ophthalmologist, chief physician of the Ophthalmic Institute, considered the father of Polish ophthalmology; promoter of evolutionism, dream researcher. [wikipedia.pl]