An Elementary Compendium of Physiology; For the Use of Students. Translated from the French, with Copious Notes and Illustrations, by E. Milligan, M.D.
Edinburgh. Printed for John Carfrae, Medical Booksellers. 1823. 1823. Hardcover. 8vo, 20.5cm, xxxiv,445,[xvii]p., tables & errata page, folding table, notes, in contemporary half calf, red morocco label, gilt titles, marbled boards, endpapers foxed and some other occasional light foxing, , worn at the edges, some wear on the boards, a very good copy (sgc). ~ An English edition of the "Precis elementaire de physiologie" first published in Paris in 1816. Francois Magendie (1783-1855), French physiologist, was noted as one of the founders of modern experimental physiology. Notorious for his experiments on animals, he did however revolutionize the physiological knowledge particularly that of the heart, digestion and nervous system. Item #25603
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