1488 - Müller, J.

Müller, J. Physiology of the Nervous System, or Research and Experiments on the Various Classes of Nervous Systems, Movement, the Voice, Speech, the Senses, and Intellectual Faculties. Paris, Baillière, 1840. vi, 640 pp., iv, 644 pp., iv fold. plates. Original half-green morocco (spine slightly worn and discolored), top of spine slightly damaged, some browning and foxing, especially at the beginning and end of the book, marbled edges. " First French and only separate edition, translated from the third German edition of his *Handbuch der Physiologie des Menschen* by A.J.L. Jourdain. Garrison’s *History of Neurology*, p. 509: "This French edition is a classic text. It is the only separate edition of the neurophysiological section of Müller’s *Handbook of Physiology*. Garrison, p. 201: “Müller also experimentally verified the Bell-Magendie law regarding the nature of the posterior and anterior roots of the spinal cord... M. was a professor of physiology in Berlin and the founder of scientific medicine in Germany; he made many contributions to neurophysiology through his penetrating analysis of experimental work on the nervous system.” The only separate edition. – 25.