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CAssel & Berlin: Theodor Fischer, 1885. First German . Hardcover. Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. 663 pp. This book has been used for study and is missing over 100 pages. First German translation from the French. Cloth spine marbled sides. Paper label titling gone. edges worn, separated from front cover and spine, sewing firm. Offered for sale because of its scarcity.
De l'Électrisation Localisée et de son Application à la Physiologie, à la Pathologie, et à la Thérapeutique by DUCHENNE DE BOULOGNE, Guillaume - 1855
by DUCHENNE DE BOULOGNE, Guillaume
De l'Électrisation Localisée et de son Application à la Physiologie, à la Pathologie, et à la Thérapeutique
by DUCHENNE DE BOULOGNE, Guillaume
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Paris: J.-B. Ballière, 1855. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (215 x 138 mm). x (of xii), 926 pp, 108 wood-engraved text illustrations, bound without half-title. 20th century quarter red morocco with black morocco lettering piece, marbled edges. Text little browned at margins, light foxing mainly to to title and final leaves. Dr. Cordes, Geneve (small ink stamp and shelf-mark note in pencil to title). ---- Garrison-Morton 614; Norman 659; Heirs of Hippocrates 1690; Osler 2511; Waller 2604. - First edition. Duchenne classified the electrophysiology of the entire muscular system and summed up his findings in the above work. The application of his results to pathological conditions marks him as the founder of electrotherapy. He was able to identify previously unknown diseases, distinguishing between progressive muscular atrophy, labioglossolaryngeal paralysis, progressive muscular atrophy with pseudohypertrophy, and locomotor ataxia. - Visit our website for additional images and information.
- Bookseller Independent bookstores (DE)
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition 1st Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher J.-B. Ballière
- Place of Publication Paris
- Date Published 1855
- Keywords Medicine, electrophysiology Medicine Norman Library