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SENAC, Jean Baptiste (1693-1770). Traité de la structure du coeur, de son action, et de ses maladies. Paris: Briasson, 1749.
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SENAC, Jean Baptiste (1693-1770). Traité de la structure du coeur, de son action, et de ses maladies. Paris: Briasson, 1749.
2 volumes, 4o (242 x 179 mm). 17 engraved folding plates (two with tears). (E3 loose in vol. 2, some browning and foxing.) 19th-century quarter calf (rubbed). Provenance: Sidney P. Schwartz (bookplates).
FIRST EDITION, with the cancel title-leaves in both volumes, replacing the imprint of Jacques Vincent with that of Briasson. "Senac's valuable treatise on the heart added much to the knowledge of the anatomy and diseases of that organ; he mentioned the leucocytes, which he considered to belong to the chyle, and he described pericarditis. Senac was the first to use quinine for palpitation" (Garrison-Morton). Garrison-Morton 2733; Heirs of Hippocrates 823; Norman 1929; Osler 3960. (2)
2 volumes, 4o (242 x 179 mm). 17 engraved folding plates (two with tears). (E3 loose in vol. 2, some browning and foxing.) 19th-century quarter calf (rubbed). Provenance: Sidney P. Schwartz (bookplates).
FIRST EDITION, with the cancel title-leaves in both volumes, replacing the imprint of Jacques Vincent with that of Briasson. "Senac's valuable treatise on the heart added much to the knowledge of the anatomy and diseases of that organ; he mentioned the leucocytes, which he considered to belong to the chyle, and he described pericarditis. Senac was the first to use quinine for palpitation" (Garrison-Morton). Garrison-Morton 2733; Heirs of Hippocrates 823; Norman 1929; Osler 3960. (2)
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Please note this copy has the first issue uncancelled titles with the imprint of Jacques Vincent.