François MAGENDIE
Phénomènes Physiques de la Vie. Leçons professées au Collège de France
[Physical Phenomena of Life. Lectures Delivered at the Collège de France]
J.B. Baillière|Paris 1842|14.5 x 22.6 cm|4 volumes brochés
Second edition.
"Magendie, pioneer experimental physiologist, regarded pathology as only a modification of physiology, 'medicine the physiology of the sick man'. By him clinical medicine was reconstructed on the physiological lines".
Spines of the first two volumes split, small losses to the other two, spines browned, some foxing.
Rare copy preserved in wrappers as issued.
€750