La pression barometrique

by Paul Bert

$6,500 · Offered by Sophia Rare Books

First edition · Signed

Paris: Masson, 1878. First edition, very rare in commerce, inscribed author’s presentation copy, and an exceptionally fine copy, of Paul Bert’s classic work, which marks the foundation of the study of altitude physiology. In this work, “Bert proved that the principal symptoms of altitude sickness arise from reduced partial pressure of oxygen and not from diminution of total pressure. Bert introduced oxygen

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