PUGH, John. A Treatise on the Science of Muscular Action, London: for C. Dilly, 1794, 4°, additional engraved title, 15 stipple-engraved plates by Kirk and 15 outline plates (perforation stamp on title and one outline plate, lacking one preliminary leaf, ink stamps on verso of some plates, occasionally offsetting or showing through), 19th-century marbled boards (rebacked in library cloth). [Osler 3743; Russell 675] Provenance: JCL

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PUGH, John. A Treatise on the Science of Muscular Action, London: for C. Dilly, 1794, 4°, additional engraved title, 15 stipple-engraved plates by Kirk and 15 outline plates (perforation stamp on title and one outline plate, lacking one preliminary leaf, ink stamps on verso of some plates, occasionally offsetting or showing through), 19th-century marbled boards (rebacked in library cloth). [Osler 3743; Russell 675] Provenance: JCL

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Pugh devised a means of the rehabilitation of limbs that had been affected by neuromuscular conditions.

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