The Anatomy of the Head with six lithographic plates repre- senting frozen sections of the head.
by WIGHT, Thomas
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- near fine
- Hardcover
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- Condition
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About This Item
Boston: H.O. Houghton, 1876. 8vo. 136 pp. With 6 folding lithographed plates and 10 text illustrations. Original publisher's cloth, author and title in gilt. Small abrasions on front cover; small red sticker on front pastedown, otherwise an excellent copy.
First edition. In a ground-breaking American work, Dwight allows students to look at the entire head "as a whole, as it exists during life." Each aspect, the skull, the brain and the membranes of the brain, facial skeleton, nose, mouth, cheeks chin, jaw, ears spine and circulation within the head are addressed and treated. Dwight (1843-1911), grandson of John Collins Warren, graduated from Harvard Medical School. He worked abroad in the laboratory at Ruedinger of Munich where he learned the technique of examining frozen microscopical sections, which he introduced into the United States on his return. This book was succeeded by his Frozen sections of a child (1881). He succeeded Oliver Wendell Holmes to the Parkman Professorship of Anatomy, a position he held until his death.
Cushing, D341.
First edition. In a ground-breaking American work, Dwight allows students to look at the entire head "as a whole, as it exists during life." Each aspect, the skull, the brain and the membranes of the brain, facial skeleton, nose, mouth, cheeks chin, jaw, ears spine and circulation within the head are addressed and treated. Dwight (1843-1911), grandson of John Collins Warren, graduated from Harvard Medical School. He worked abroad in the laboratory at Ruedinger of Munich where he learned the technique of examining frozen microscopical sections, which he introduced into the United States on his return. This book was succeeded by his Frozen sections of a child (1881). He succeeded Oliver Wendell Holmes to the Parkman Professorship of Anatomy, a position he held until his death.
Cushing, D341.
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- Bookseller
- Reginald C. Williams Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 242
- Title
- The Anatomy of the Head with six lithographic plates repre- senting frozen sections of the head.
- Author
- WIGHT, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- H.O. Houghton
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1876
- Pages
- 136
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Medical science, Psychology, Biology
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