Author: Schwann, Theodor [1810-1882]
Title: Manifestation en l'honneur de M. le professeur Th. Schwann, Liége, 23 juin 1878. Liber memorialis, publie par la commission..,.
Description: Düsseldorf, 1879. orig. cloth. 25x16cm, 236 pages. Publisher's gilt- and blind-stamped embossed cloth. Page edges gilt. Rubberstamps to title. Worn.. Frontispiece.. Foxed. Spine tears. Corners heavily rubbed. Fair condition. ¶ ["...Schwann was a German physician and physiologist. His most significant contribution to biology is considered to be the extension of cell theory to animals. Other contributions include the discovery of Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system, the discovery and study of pepsin, the discovery of the organic nature of yeast, and the invention of the term metabolism..." - wikipedia].

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