[The dedication of the "inaugural lecture" (1766) of Samuel-Auguste Tissot]

Samuel-Auguste Tissot (1728-1797) has been appointed professor of medicine at the Academy of Lausanne. He gave his inaugural lecture on "De Morbis Litteratorum" on April the 9th 1766 and published it 15 days later under the title "Sermo inauguralis de valetudine litteratorum". The affirmations, made by some of his recognized biographers, that this publication was dedicated to the King of Poland (Stanisław August Poniatowski) are erroneous. In reality, this dedication starts with the inscription: "Inclytae Reipublicae Bernensis Consulibus (...)". The dedication itself and the following "Epistola" are both entirely consecrated to the excellencies and senators of the Republic of Berne.