Superior residence in Annam. Service order. Dated "Hué, Dece - Lot 131

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Superior residence in Annam. Service order. Dated "Hué, Dece - Lot 131
Superior residence in Annam. Service order. Dated "Hué, December 10, 1926" and signed, giving mission to Doctor Sallet for the study of the sino-annamite pharmacopoeia. Document typed in French, Vietnamese and Sino-Vietnamese craters. Dimensions: 31.5x20.8 cm. (Folds). "Mister Doctor Sallet, Major Doctor of the retired colonial troops, is charged by the Government of the Protectorate, and for a purely scientific purpose, to study the medicines used by the Chinese and Annamese pharmacopoeia in Annam, MM the Resident Heads of Province are requested to kindly lend him their assistance in the accomplishment of his mission and, in particular, to facilitate the investigations and research he will carry out among the doctors and merchants of Chinese and Annamese medicines". Provenance: Albert Sallet collection (1877-1948). Military doctor in Indochina. Co-founder in 1913 of the Association of Friends of Old Hué with Léopold Cadière; of the Foreign Missions of Paris. Corresponding member of the École française d'Extrême-Orient. After leaving the Army, he became Curator of the Cham Art Museum in Tourane until 1931, then Curator of the Georges-Labit Museum in Toulouse.
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