Author: LONGET, F.A.- Nervous system.-
Title: Anatomie et physiologie du système nerveux de l'homme et des animaux vertébrés;...des observations pathologiques relatives au système nerveux...
Description: Paris, Chez Fortin, Masson et Cie., 1842. In 2 vols. W. 8 fold. lith. pls. (Some foxed spots as usual). Contemp. light brown hlf.clf., over marbled brds., spines giltruled and some giltlett. (VIII, 942, II (blank) pp; IV, 698, II (blank) pp.). Hirsch III, 834: '...das classische Werk::...'Mettler 569: 'As explained by ...in his beautiful...the transmission of chemicals from the blood tot the cerebrospinal fluid had been determined by Magendie (who had also attempted to measure the pressure of the fluid), and its decoloration in hemorrhage and icterus had been observed'. Garrison 215: Vol II pp. 50/82, 377/91, 401/3 on ocular nerves.

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