From Jakob Oberleithner
AL: American Philosophical Society
<Vienna, January 9, 1778, in Latin: Jakob Oberleithner, doctor
of medicine, sends greetings to the most illustrious Benjamin
de Francklin. We understand from the newspapers that you
are acting for the Americans with authority and loving solicitude,
and you will doubtless be looking for excellent physicians.
If you need me, qualified as I am by my degree, contract
with me at a fixed stipend and send me where you will, to
direct hospitals or to practice. I will give you information about
myself, and should add that I am middle-aged and speak French
and “Slavic Bohemian.” Accept me, and the die is cast.>
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