Emile Yung (1854-1918), a Swiss zoologist... - Lot 62 - Conan Belleville Hôtel d'Ainay

Emile Yung (1854-1918), a Swiss zoologist and biologist, conducted experiments on the development of animals and concluded that the environment influences the development of tadpoles. 3 L.A.S. to zoologist Edmond Perrier (1844-1921), director of the Museum. Geneva, 1914-1915. 15 pp. in-8, header of the Institute of Zoology and Station of Lake Zoology of the University of Geneva. A preserved envelope. Long letters on the war as seen from Switzerland, the support of French troops, the constitution of a committee to help student prisoners, the tensions between French and German speaking Swiss, the resumption of courses at the University of Geneva, etc. "The purpose of these lines is to express to you, at the dawn of the year during which you will preside over the destiny of the Academy of Sciences, my ardent wishes for the definitive triumph of the high thoughts and general feelings which French scholars have always defended, for which I retain an unshakeable sympathy. I shall never forget the part you deserve in the great honour bestowed upon me by the Academy last March, by attaching myself to it as a corresponding member []".