SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - FOREL Oscar (1891 - 1982) - Typed letter signed

Studied medicine in Lausanne and psychiatry in Berne. Head physician at La Métairie in Nyon from 1925 to 1929. In 1934 he founded the Rives de Prangins private hospital, where he treated a number of prominent Europeans. He opened his home in St Prex to many musicians.
Typed letter signed Prangins, 06.02.1933 à Paul Langer :"... ma tâche n'est pas de me substituer aux pasteurs, mais de soulager une catégorie d'êtres humains qui sont parmi les plus pitoyables…".