Jean Antoine NOLLET (1700-1770). L.A.S., Paris January 15, 1766, to Jean-Pierre David "chirurgien chez M. Le Cat secrétaire perpet. de l'Académie des Sciences de Rouen"; 1page in-4, addressed with black wax seal of arms. Abbé Nollet thanks David for sending his two works, of which he has only read the one on "recherches sur la manière de la saignée", but as he is leaving for two months "aux écoles de l'Artillerie et du Génie", he will read the other on his return: "Vous me faites trop d'honneur de m'en faire hommage. It gives me great satisfaction to learn that my public lessons have given happy geniuses the opportunity to advance the progress of physics, and I have every reason to believe that you are better suited than anyone else to make them bear fruit". He congratulates David on his marriage to Lecat's daughter... [The academic success of Jean-Pierre David (1737-1784) brought him to the attention of Rouen's famous surgeon Claude-Nicolas Lecat (1700-1768), who gave him his only daughter in marriage and intended him to succeed him in his position at the Hôtel-Dieu de Rouen].