Selections From The Clinical Works Of Dr. Duchenne

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The New Sydenham Society was devoted to publishing medical works from in translation to present research from European countries to Great Britain. Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne de Bologne was a French neurologist who studied the effect of electrical shock on the brain and body as well as studying physiognomy and physiology. This book has several essays by him dealing with locomotor responses and other muscular and paralysis related experiments. In good condition, there is some missing spots on the front board, the inside hinge is cracked and the remnants of a paper label are inside. The name Dr. Smollen is written in pencil on the spare page. Otherwise, very good condition. Frontispiece is Dr. Duchenne faradising a patient, that is, applying electroshock to the head of a patient. Translated by British physician George Poore, who had a variety of positions throughout his career including Chief Medical Officer on the SS Great Eastern as she laid the first transatlantic cable. He worked at the University College Hospital and was an authority on sanitation science. Good Condition: 8vo: brown embossed publisher s cloth with gilt portrait at center with geometric designs surrounding: gilt lettering on spine: fray to head of spine with small tears: softening to tail : small hole at bottom front hinge: crack at head of rear hinge about 2 1/2 down: chipped and rounded corners with publisher s boards exposed; chips bare places on front board: edgewear primarily at top of boards: cracked gutter inside at front hinge: remnants of paper label inside front: pencil on half-title: red edges to block: slight discoloration due to age: cracked rear gutter at hinge: label of Jas. Truscott & Son binder inside on rear board: Selections from the Clinical Works of Dr. Duchenne (de Bologne). Translated, edited, and condensed by G.V. Poore : London: The New Sydenham Society: 1883. N° de ref. del artículo COLN1883ABDA

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