Vintage French Postal Card to Ms Carl Koller Villa Kauders Aussee Austria For Sale

This is a fascinating and highly collectible early 20th-century postal card that directly documents the personal circle and summer retreats of Dr. Carl Koller, the historic Austrian ophthalmologist who revolutionized medicine by discovering cocaine as a local anesthetic. The postcard contains a brilliant narrative combining early medical networking, European spa culture at the Villa Kauders in Markt Aussee, Austria, and a humorous account of a wine-tasting tour through the historic Médoc region of France. .... French postal stationery card (Carte Postale) from the early 1900s, sent from France to a highly notable historical figure in Austria. It is addressed to Mrs. C. Koller (the wife of Dr. Carl Koller). Dr. Carl Koller (1857–1944) was an Austrian ophthalmologist famous for discovering cocaine as a local anesthetic in eye surgery. Due to a high-profile duel in Vienna in 1885, his academic career there was upended, and he later emigrated to New York. The postcard is sent to her summer retreat address at Villa Kauders in Aussee, Steiermark, Autriche (Austria). Dr. Carl Koller and his family were documented frequent visitors to this specific resort property at Praunfalk Nr. 37 in the spa town of Markt Aussee. ... message reads: Friday Aug 5th 6 - 30 a.m. - Today there is an Excursion into the Medoc country by boat on the Garonne. - We return this evening and quite a number of us take the night Train to Paris. - I think I shall proceed from there at once, to get away from this inundations of Claret & Champagne. Nothing but Haute Sauternes & Chateaux etc. We - that is Dr. Hoffman of Dresden, Miss Hoffman do [ditto], Dr. Moeller of Copenhagen & Dr. Panse of Dresden are now full fledged Connoisseurs of Wine. - Dr. Sonnenkalb of Chemnitz could not stand it all the way through and therefore did not graduate. - Ksis children Carl..... Code JSB 341