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DAVIES, D. W. (SIGNED & INSCRIBED AND WITH AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY DR. DAVIES AND WITH A TYPED LETTER REPLY FROM NOTED HISTORIAN OF SCIENCE, MEDICINE & TECHNOLOGY CHARLES SINGER). The Cardiovascular System of the Slow Loris (Nycticebus Tardigradus).
n. p.:, 1937.. Paperback. Signed & Inscribed By D.V. Davies and with an Autograph Letter Signed By Davies and a Typed Reply from Dr. Singer Unsigned, Laid-in. Very Good+ Reprint from Proc. Zool. Soc, Vol. 117, Parts Ii & Iii, Pages 377-410. Sm. 4to. Reprint Covers Mild Soil. Typed Letter from Singer Soiled, Edges Torn with Missing Pieces But All Text Intact. Davies letter to Singer concern his research and a comparison between the cardiovascular system of the slow lorus and Vesalius' description of vascular anatomy. Dr. Singer replies " It was my view that the vessels portrayed by Vesalius were from animals, many from a macaque but some at least from ungulates". A fascinating interchange..
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