Author: LUYS, J.
Title: Traité clinique et pratique des maladies mentales. Avec 27 figures ... dans le texte et 10 planches coloriées et photo-micrographiques.
Description: Paris, A. DelaHaye & E. Lecrosnier, 1881. W. 27 textills. and 10 pls. (6 lith. pls. (4 col., 2 partly col.), and 4 'photo-micrographiques' (W. 8 figs.). Contemp. half. cloth, spine and edges rubb., corners dam. ( VI, XVI, 693, I (Blank) pp.). Hirsch III, 870/1: Semelaigne II, 138-150: Heirs of Hippocrates 1939: ' ... Luys obtained his medical degree in 1857, with a thesis on the pathology of tuberculosis .. was among the most notable of the many 19th c. French neurologists who made important contributions to the understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the brain ... In this comprehensive thesis on mental diseases, Luys discusses the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system. The aetiology, symptomatology, and classification of mental diseases are covered and special consideration is given to the psychoses.': Not in Wellcome, Waller.: Gernsheim, p. 359 extensively on the photoglyphic process originated by Talbot. In this book 8 microphotographic ills. on 4 pls. reproduced by this process by the firm of Lemercier & Cie.: A good copy.

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