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Two Autograph Letters Signed, one discussing pictures to be sent to an Exhibition, the other about the meeting of friends “to take the first measures for the formation of the Sanatorium”. 2 letters with address leaves, minor blemishes, traces of mounting. One dated 17 May 1839. Thomas Southwood Smith (1788 – 1861), English physician and sanitary reformer. He was a close friend of Jeremy Bentham. In 1830 Smith published A Treatise on Fever, which became a standard authority on the subject. In this book he established a direct connection between the impoverishment of the poor and epidemic fever.