Ancient, Celtic, British and World Coins. Historical and Art Medals

France, Victor Broussais, 1840, a uniface cast bronze portrait medal by D. d’Angers, bust left, back stamped Eck et Durand, 175mm (Reinis 74; Storer 497; Brettauer 169; BDM I, 530). Very high relief, extremely fine and attractively patinated, very rare; with tiny piercing at top for suspension (£200-250)

François-Joseph-Victor Broussais (1772-1838), physician and medical theorist from St Malo, served as a surgeon during the Napoleonic campaigns in Italy and Spain. In 1814 he joined the Val-de-Grâce military hospital in Paris and from 1832 until his death served as professor of general pathology at the Académie de Médicine in the Université. Illustrated on Plate II in back of catalogue