CHAMBON DE MONTAUX (Nicolas) 1748-1826 - Physician,... Lot 484

CHAMBON DE MONTAUX (Nicolas) 1748-1826 - Physician, Mayor of PARIS in 1792, he presided over the measures taken for the execution of LOUIS XVI - Lettre A.S. Paris January 26, 1818 - to Mr. le Préfet - 1p in-4° - "I have just found in my boxes a manuscript which was requested by Mr. DUBOIS, one of your predecessors, and which he intended to publish in print... it concerns all species of asphyxia. The consultation spread in France on this subject was extremely defective; the small changes that people claim to have made to it, since that time, leave it in all its imperfection. I believe that this object deserves the attention of the government...".