Author: BICHAT, (M. FR.) X,
Title: Traité d'anatomie descriptive.
Description: Paris, Gabon & Brosson, 1801. -1803. In 5 vols. Contemp. hlf. clf., spine gilt, red spine labels. (XXXII, 464; VI, 624; XXVIII, 461; XXIV, 496; VIII, 476 pp.). First edition. DSB vol. II, pp. 122 - 123: G&M404: 'Bichat's last work, unfinished at his death [but finished by Buisson and Roux] ', and 1315: 'Bichat was the creator of descriptive anatomy. He introduced the terms "animal"and "vegetative" system.': Dobson, p. 25: 'A pioneer in the study of tissues as distinct from organs.': Heirs of Hippocrates, item 1258: 'Bichat died of tuberculosis at the age of 31, having finished the first three vols. of this, his last great work. François Régis Buisson (1776 - 1805?) compiled the fourth volume and Philibert Joseph Roux (1780 - 1854) the fifth.': Long p. 78: '... with Morgagni and Virchow one of the trio of founders of modern pathological science.': Waller 1031: Osler, 1302: Wellcome vol. II, p. 164:

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