MEDICINE. Pierre-Christophe GORCY (1758-1862) physician. Manuscript Memoir in response to questions on rabies proposed by the Cercle Médical de Paris, Paris December 21, 1816; 252 folio pages in 10 quires (1st leaf dusted and browned). Important unpublished memoir on rabies, submitted on December 21, 1816. A small leaflet attached (originally a sealed envelope) allows the identification of the author. It is a clean copy with important autograph additions in the margin. The manuscript consists of eight chapters: I What is the disease known as rabies? II What are the signs that characterize hydrophobia in humans and animals? III Are there circumstances where rabies develops spontaneously in humans?IV Are there several species of rabies, and what are these species? V Are all species of rabies contagious to man, and what is the manner of its communication? VI Are the accidents which follow the bite of rabid animals to be attributed to a particular virus, to the nature of the bite, to the physical lesion of the bitten parts, or to terror? VII Do liquids and solids present some alterations peculiar to this disease, either during life or after death? VIII What is the most suitable mode of treatment, either as a preservative or as a curative. Pierre-Christophe Gorcy, born in Pont-à-Mousson, settled in Metz at the end of his studies; he was a physician of the revolutionary and imperial armies, chief physician of the military hospital of Metz, and one of the founders of the Society of Medical Sciences of Metz; he was an associate member of the Academy of Medicine.