SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - BURNAND René (1882 - 1960) - Photograph; postcard

Studied medicine in Montpellier, then Geneva. In 1909, he became an assistant at the Leysin sanatorium. In 1911, he became director of the Mont-Blanc sanatorium and worked tirelessly to combat tuberculosis. In 1954, he became an honorary professor at the University of Lausanne. At the request of King Fouad I of Egypt, he built a sanatorium in Heluan. Knight of the Legion of Honour in 1959.
Photograph; postcard, Vulliens, 21.06.1951: "Merci et cordialement à vous ...". Autograph letter signed 24.02.1942; "... "collaborer" (le mot a beaucoup servi ces temps, mais il n'est pas totalement déprécié, heureusement)..."; Included: Autograph letters signed.