[ Autograph ] Paul Broca 1824-1880 French surgeon and anthropologist who first discovered the seat of motor control of speech in the brain also an authority on aphasia. Scarce A.L.S. on letterhead of the Paris Society of Anthropology, 1p. 8vo., Paris, May 3, 1877 in Frenchto a friend. In part: '... You are registered to give a 15 minute lecture at the Academy of medecine during our session of 15 May... ' in the postscript he adds: "...I am writing to you during an anthropology meeting, to which, I must add, our respected colleague, the emperor of Brasil, is participating...' One tiny spindle hole at top with no loss of paper, otherwise fine.