Autograph Letter Signed in French with translation and transcription, to an unnamed correspondent
saying he hasn't published any work in recent months, but I hasten to send you my most recent publications.Accept, Sir, the expression of my very distinguished feelings..., 1 side correspondence card, Lyon, 23rd November
He was a member of the Lyon ambulance corps during the Franco-Prussian War, and in 1878 became a member of the surgical section of the Lyon faculty of medicine. Following the assassination of Marie François Sadi Carnot in Lyon on 24th June 1894, Drs. Poncet and Ollier attended to the wounded French president.TranscriptionLyon 23 novembre 1894Monsieur,Je n'ai pas publié d'ouvrage ces derniers mois mais je m'empresse de vous envoyer mes plus récentes publications.Agréez, Monsieur, l'expression de mes sentiments très distingués.Antonin PoncetTranslationLyon November, 23rd of 1894Sir,I haven't published any work in recent months, but I hasten to send you my most recent publications.Accept, Sir, the expression of my very distinguished feelings.Antonin Poncet