Tractatus quinque medico-physici. Quorum primus agit de sal-nitro, et spiritu nitro-aereo. Secundus de respiratione. Tertius de respiratione foetus in utero, et ovo. Quartus de motu musculari, et spir

by John Mayow

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Garrison-Morton, 578 ; Fulton, 108 ; Waller, 6392 ; Wellcome, IV, p. 93 ; NLM, 7653 (sans le portrait). Édition originale, rare. Important recueil composé par John Mayow (1643-1679), l un des grands classiques de la médecine anglaise. « Mayow was the first to locate the seat of animal heat in the muscles ; he discovered the double articulation of the ribs with the spine and came near to discovering oxygen in his suggestion that the object of breathing was to abstract from the air a definite group of live-living « particles ». He was the first to make the definite suggestion that it is only a special fraction of the air that is of use in respiration. His Tractatus, embodying all his brilliant conclusions, is one of the best English medical classics » (Garrison-Morton). Le volume est orné d un portrait et de 6 planches, dont 2 dépliantes, montrant des détails anatomiques, les expériences physiques de l auteur, des cyclones, etc Restaurations anciennes sur les plats, reliure un peu frottée.

• Binding: Hardcover

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