Physiology of Motion Demonstrated by Means of Electrical Stimulation and Clinical Observation and Applied to the Study of Paralysis and Deformities
by Dr. G.N. Duchenne (of Boulougne) (Guillaume Benjamin Amand, Duchenne de Boulogne)
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Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1949. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Octavo. Photographs and plates. Publisher's quarter brown gilt calf over tan beveled cloth in a marbled paper-covered slipcase. ""A monumental work of twenty years' study of electromuscular stimulation to determine the proper action which the muscles possess in life."" (Garrison & Morton). Published in France in 1867, this is the first American edition of the work. Book is fine, clean and unmarked, with bright spine gilt. Slipcase has a small corner split and a small chip to the bottom corner surface paper at the entries, and is otherwise very good, clean and bright, with fine spine title. Extremely scarce.
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- Title
- Physiology of Motion Demonstrated by Means of Electrical Stimulation and Clinical Observation and Applied to the Study of Paralysis and Deformities
- Author
- Dr. G.N. Duchenne (of Boulougne) (Guillaume Benjamin Amand, Duchenne de Boulogne)
- Illustrator
- Photographs and plates
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
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- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- J.B. Lippincott Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1949
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- De Boulogne, Physiology of Motion
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