[MANUSCRIT - MEDICINE - MORBIHAN] - CLOSMADEUC (Gustave de) - 1828-1918 - Chief surgeon of the hospital of Vannes, archaeologist, president of the Polymathic Society of Morbihan - Autograph manuscript titled "Coup d'œil sur l'exercice illégal de la médecine et de la pharmacie dans le département du Morbihan" on the first page - Autograph notebook concerning the surgeon's research on the illegal practice of medicine and pharmacy in Morbihan and denouncing the popular healers such as wizards, lady healers, rebouteux, ... - The doctor collects the fruits of his research with examples located in different villages of the department of crunching misadventures suffered in particular by patients having called upon charlatan healers or nuns of congregations illegally practicing medicine and pharmacy - He also makes 1 reminder of the laws framing the practice of medicine - 84 handwritten pages and approximately 130 pages in sheets of notes, autograph signature of Closmadeuc with handwritten date of January 1, 1861 on the 1st white guard - This document constitutes most probably the preparatory work and part of the manuscript of his work Esquisse sur la médecine et la chirurgie populaire dans le département du Morbihan published in Vannes by Lamarzelle in 1861 - Attached: Some correspondence concerning estimates for the publication of his work, 6 pages of proofs corrected by his hand as well as 28 letters or ballots of doctors of Morbihan in view of the election of the new President of the Association of the Doctors of France - Interesting and unique document on the illegal exercise of the art of treating in Morbihan. Provenance: Personal archives of Gustave de Closmadeuc.