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The Anatomy of the Human Body. In four volumes, illustrated with one hundred and twenty-five engravings. Volumes III and IV.
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Title: The Anatomy of the Human Body. In four volumes, illustrated with one hundred and twenty-five engravings. Volumes III and IV.
Author: Charles Bell
Publisher: Collins and Co., New York
Published: 1812
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Volumes: 2
Number of Pages: 551
Catalogs: Medicine, Anatomy, Textbooks
Description: Volumes III and IV, bound together. Illustrated. Full calf binding with gilt lettering and black band on spine. Leather is scuffed on all sides with some efflorescent staining on rear board. Corners are bumped and exposed, spine is cracking slightly and shows the greatest wear at hinges and edges. Ownership information on pastedown, flyleaf, and title page, including D. J. Vining of Philadelphia, Mr. Sewall, and James H. Fleet. The book appears to have been used by students at the Jefferson Medical College, now Thomas Jefferson University, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Contains special plates and illustrations inline with text. Foxing throughout, some evidence of minor dampstain. Volume III contains the nervous system in two parts: the anatomy of the brain, and description and course of the nerves; and the anatomy of the eye and ear, the nose and organ of smelling, the mouth and organ of taste, and the skin and sense of touch. Volume IV contains the anatomy of the viscera of the abdomen, the male and female pelvis, and the lymphatic system, including the structure of glands, the stomach, intestines, spleen, pancreas, kidney, and reproductive organs. Sir Charles Bell (1774-1842) was a Scottish surgeon, anatomist, physiologist, neurologist, artist, and philosophical theologian. Bell discovered the difference between sensory nerves and motor nerves in the spinal cord, and also described Bell's palsy. Hardcover, acceptable condition due to minor dampstain. 551 pages, octavo.
Author: Charles Bell
Publisher: Collins and Co., New York
Published: 1812
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Volumes: 2
Number of Pages: 551
Catalogs: Medicine, Anatomy, Textbooks
Description: Volumes III and IV, bound together. Illustrated. Full calf binding with gilt lettering and black band on spine. Leather is scuffed on all sides with some efflorescent staining on rear board. Corners are bumped and exposed, spine is cracking slightly and shows the greatest wear at hinges and edges. Ownership information on pastedown, flyleaf, and title page, including D. J. Vining of Philadelphia, Mr. Sewall, and James H. Fleet. The book appears to have been used by students at the Jefferson Medical College, now Thomas Jefferson University, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Contains special plates and illustrations inline with text. Foxing throughout, some evidence of minor dampstain. Volume III contains the nervous system in two parts: the anatomy of the brain, and description and course of the nerves; and the anatomy of the eye and ear, the nose and organ of smelling, the mouth and organ of taste, and the skin and sense of touch. Volume IV contains the anatomy of the viscera of the abdomen, the male and female pelvis, and the lymphatic system, including the structure of glands, the stomach, intestines, spleen, pancreas, kidney, and reproductive organs. Sir Charles Bell (1774-1842) was a Scottish surgeon, anatomist, physiologist, neurologist, artist, and philosophical theologian. Bell discovered the difference between sensory nerves and motor nerves in the spinal cord, and also described Bell's palsy. Hardcover, acceptable condition due to minor dampstain. 551 pages, octavo.
