GOWERS, William Richard (1845-1915). The diagnosis of diseases of the spinal cord. An address delivered to the Medical Society of Wolverhampton, October 9th, 1879. London: J. & A. Churchill, 1880. 8o. 12 pp. catalogue for Churchill's medicine books, dated April 1880, bound in at rear. Several text illustrations, photolithographed plate after drawings by the author. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Provenance: Silas Weir Mitchell (1829-1914), American neurologist (presentation inscription "S. Weir Mitchell with the author's compliments"); M. S. Getsby (ownership inscription, dated October 1954). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY. Gowers was physician and Professor of Clinical Medicine at University College, London. "Gowers demonstrated the dorsal spinocerebellar tract, 'Gowers' tract,' and introduced the terms 'myotatic' and 'knee-jerk', which he elicited with the rubber edge of his stethoscope or a percussion hammer" (Garrison-Morton 4562); Heirs of Hippocrates 2076; Osler 2793; Waller 3663; Norman 919. -- Lectures on the diagnosis of the brain. London: J. & A. Churchill, 1885. 8o. Text diagrams. 8 pp. Churchill's catalogue "B", dated May 1885, bound in at rear. Original brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Provenance: Thomas Barlow (1845-1945), pediatrician (inscription from author on verso of front free endpaper "Dr. Barlow with kind regards". FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY. Garrison-Morton 4568; Heirs of Hippocrates 2077; Osler 2785; Norman 920. (3)