James George Davey - The Ganglionic Nervous System; Its Structure, Functions, and Diseases

London, John Churchill, 1858 . First edition. Cloth. A publisher's presentation copy of the very scarce first edition of James George Davey's discussion and analysis of the ganglionic - or autonomic - nervous system. The first edition of this very scarce work.Inscribed 'with the publisher's compliments' to the half title head.Davey, a physician and medical writer, explores the role of the sympathetic nervous system in regulating involuntary bodily functions such as circulation, digestion, and respiration.With a thirty-two page publisher's catalogue to the rear, dated January 1858.Bookseller's blind stamp to front free endpaper head, with owner's label of Dr Granville and inscription of Dr Scott to the front pastedown.With discussion of the pathology, functions, and structure of the ganglionic nervous system. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Joint heads starting, with boards firmly held. Bookplate and inscription to front pastedown. Blind stamp to front free endpaper head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with the odd marginal notation. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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