From Fish to Philosopher: The Story of Our Internal Environment (Revised & Enlarged).

Summit, NJ CIBA Pharmaceutical Products, 1959. Paperback Second Edition (1959), Revised & Enlarged. First Published in hardcover in 1953 by Little, Brown & Co. Second Edition (1959), Revised & Enlarged from the First Edition published in hardcover in 1953 by Little, Brown & Co. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: just a hint of wear to the extremities; very mild rubbing to wrapper covers and a bit of consequent soiling to the white background field of the front and rear panels; a small spot of soil at the outside edge of the rear endpapers and a couple of very faint smudges to same; the faintest crease near the lower corner of the front panel and a couple of similarly faint stress creases to the backstrip; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing several minor, unobtrusive imperfections. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. (7.25 x 4.25 x 1 inches). xiii, 304 pages. Language: English. Weight: 9.5 ounces. Mass Market Paperback. Homer William Smith (1895 – 1962) was an American physiologist and science writer known for his experiments on the kidney and philosophical writings on natural history and the theory of evolution. In 'From Fish to Philosopher' Smith explains how evolutionary history accounts for the seemingly bewildering mammalian kidney, in which water, salts, and small molecules are filtered from the blood into kidney tubules and then much of the water and salt and many of the small molecules are pumped back into the blood stream. He argues that vertebrates originated in fresh water, where water was drawn into their bodies by the osmotic pressure of their body fluids; their kidneys excreted the extra water while also retrieving their supply of small solutes. As a memorial to Smith in 1963 the New York Heart Association created the Homer W. Smith Award in Renal Physiology. Additionally, the American Society of Nephrology established The Homer Smith Award in 1964.