Alibert, Jean Louis (1768-1837), Baron Alibert

Letters from Jean Louis Alibert to various correspondents, with some papers of Alibert and a few letters by others about him. The letters and papers relate mainly to publications, the work of the hôpital St Louis, Paris, where Alibert was chief physician from 1807, as well as to other patients and Alibert's social life. Apart from letters there are medical bulletins, certificates, prescriptions and notes for the Press. Correspondents include fellow doctors, health officials, patients, booksellers and literary protegés. There are two letters to Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (1748-1836) on the chair of materia medica at Paris, to which Alibert was elected in 1823. Other correspondents include Gilbert Breschet (1784-1845), Jules Germain Cloquet (1790-1885) and Hippolyte Royer-Collard (1802-1850).

1797-1837

1 volume 1 guardbook, 400 × 340 mm, 370 ff.

Most of the letters and papers were purchased in Paris between 1927 and 1936, mainly from Charavay and Degrange. The provenance of a considerable proportion is unknown.

Described in typescript supplements, by Christopher Hilton and Richard Aspin, to the Library's published finding aids.