Null WILLIS (Thomas). Cerebri Anatome. [De ratione motus musculorum]. Amsterdam,…

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WILLIS (Thomas). Cerebri Anatome. [De ratione motus musculorum]. Amsterdam, Gaspard Commelin, 1664. In-12, rubbed vellum; handwritten title on spine, traces of laces. This work on the study of the nervous system first appeared in London in the same year, 1664. 18 folding plates. A few loose leaves. One incomplete plate torn.

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WILLIS (Thomas). Cerebri Anatome. [De ratione motus musculorum]. Amsterdam, Gaspard Commelin, 1664. In-12, rubbed vellum; handwritten title on spine, traces of laces. This work on the study of the nervous system first appeared in London in the same year, 1664. 18 folding plates. A few loose leaves. One incomplete plate torn.

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Reunion of 4 19th century medical books, in 5 bound volumes: 1. BROUSSAIS (François-Joseph-Victor): Examen de la doctrine médicale généralement adoptée, et des systèmes modernes de nosologie, dans lequel on détermine, par les faits et par le raisonnement, leur influence sur le traitement et sur la terminaison des maladies; suivi d'un plan d'études fondé sur l'anatomie et la physiologie, pour parvenir à la connaissance du siège et des symptômes des affections pathologiques, et à la thérapeutique la plus rationnelle. Paris, Gabon, 1816. One volume. 12 by 20.3 cm. (4)-XIX-(1)-475 pages. Contemporary half-brown basane, smooth spine decorated. Good condition of binding, scattered light foxing. First edition. 2. METZGER (Johann Daniel): Principles of legal or judicial medicine, translated from the German by Dr. J. Dan. Metzger, et augmentés de notes, par le Dr J.J. Ballard. Paris, Gabon, 1813. One volume. 12 by 20.5 cm. (2)-XXIII-(1)-504 pages. Contemporary half-brown basane, smooth spine decorated. Good condition of binding, very few light scattered foxings. 2nd edition in French. 3. BROUSSAIS (François-Joseph-Victor): Histoire des phlegmasies ou inflammations chroniques, fondé sur de nouvelles observations de clinique et d'anatomie pathologique: ouvrage présentant un tableau raisonné des variétés et des combinaisons diverses de ces maladies, avec leurs différentes méthodes de traitement. Second edition. Paris, Gabon et Crochard, 1816. 2 volumes. 12.3 by 20 cm. (4)-XX-648; (4)-584 pages. Contemporary fawn half-basane, ornate smooth spines, red title-pieces. Binding in good condition. Paper tending to brown, not serious. 2nd edition (E.O.: 1808). 4. CABANIS (Pierre-Jean-Georges): Coup d'oeil sur les révolutions et sur la réforme de la médecine. Paris, Crapart, Caille et Ravier, An XII-1804. One volume. 12 by 20 cm. XII-438 pages. Contemporary brown half-basane, smooth spine decorated. Good condition of binding (jaws rubbed but not affecting the solidity of the work), scattered light foxing, small marginal wetness on about twenty ff. Last two leaves restored but not missing. First edition. Wellcome II-283; Waller 12858. "The medical revolutions have been mere revolutions of ideas, and have only engendered public skepticism and the arrogance of charlatans. The new medical doctrine will be constituted by the relationships of order and logical sequence, established between methodically assembled tables of observations and experiments." Important book.

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