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HEAD, Henry (1861-1940). Studies in Neurology. London: Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde (Oxford University Press), 1920. Large 8o. 2 volumes. Numerous text illustrations and halftone plates. Original red cloth, lettered in black on front covers, gilt-lettered spines. FIRST EDITION. From 1900 to 1918, Head was engaged in a series of investigations into nearly every aspect of the sensory system. The seven papers in this work, by Head and his colleagues, had been printed in earlier versions in the journal Brain over this period. Garrison-Morton 1304; Heirs of Hippocrates 2241; Norman 1031. -- Aphasia and kindred disorders of speech. Cambridge: University Press; 1926. 2 volumes. Large 8o. Text illustrations. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered spines. Provenance: Frank Hawley (ownership inscriptions, Vol. 1 dated November 1, 1927). FIRST EDITION. "The most important work on the subject in the English language. Head's theory of aphasia conceived the condition as being 'a disorder of symbolic formulation and expression'" (Garrison-Morton 4633); Heirs of Hippocrates 2242; Norman 1032. -- HEAD; William Halse RIVERS (1864-1922) and James SHERREN (1872-1945). The afferent nervous system from a new aspect. Offprint from: Brain 28 (1905). London & New York: Macmillan, 1905. Halftone plate. Original blue printed wrappers. 8o. Provenance: presentation inscription from co-author "with James Sherren's compliments". FIRST EDITION, offprint issue. PRESENTATION COPY. "This paper opened up a new field in the study of the sensory functions of the skin and the theories put forward in it dominated neurological thought until 1940" (Garrison-Morton 1298); Norman 1028. -- HEAD and SHERREN. The consequences of injury to the peripheral nerves in man. Reprint from: Brain 28, 1905. London: John Bale, Sons, & Danielsson Ltd, 1905. 8o. Numerous text illustrations. Original blue printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION, offprint issue. Garrison-Morton 1299; Norman 1029. -- HEAD and Theodore THOMPSON. The grouping of afferent impulses within the spinal cord. Reprint from: Brain, 29 (1906). London: John Bale, Sons, & Danielsson Ltd, 1907. 8o. Numerous text illustrations, 3 half-tone plates. Original blue printed wrappers. Provenance: Dr. Albert Francis Voelcker (1861-1946), who first described Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome in cerebrospinal meningitis (presentation inscription on front wrapper "To Dr. A.F. Voelcker from Theodore Thompson"). FIRST EDITION, offprint issue, PRESENTATION COPY. Norman 1030. Together 5 works in 7 volumes, 8o. (7)

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HEAD, Henry (1861-1940). Studies in Neurology. London: Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde (Oxford University Press), 1920. Large 8o. 2 volumes. Numerous text illustrations and halftone plates. Original red cloth, lettered in black on front covers, gilt-lettered spines. FIRST EDITION. From 1900 to 1918, Head was engaged in a series of investigations into nearly every aspect of the sensory system. The seven papers in this work, by Head and his colleagues, had been printed in earlier versions in the journal Brain over this period. Garrison-Morton 1304; Heirs of Hippocrates 2241; Norman 1031. -- Aphasia and kindred disorders of speech. Cambridge: University Press; 1926. 2 volumes. Large 8o. Text illustrations. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered spines. Provenance: Frank Hawley (ownership inscriptions, Vol. 1 dated November 1, 1927). FIRST EDITION. "The most important work on the subject in the English language. Head's theory of aphasia conceived the condition as being 'a disorder of symbolic formulation and expression'" (Garrison-Morton 4633); Heirs of Hippocrates 2242; Norman 1032. -- HEAD; William Halse RIVERS (1864-1922) and James SHERREN (1872-1945). The afferent nervous system from a new aspect. Offprint from: Brain 28 (1905). London & New York: Macmillan, 1905. Halftone plate. Original blue printed wrappers. 8o. Provenance: presentation inscription from co-author "with James Sherren's compliments". FIRST EDITION, offprint issue. PRESENTATION COPY. "This paper opened up a new field in the study of the sensory functions of the skin and the theories put forward in it dominated neurological thought until 1940" (Garrison-Morton 1298); Norman 1028. -- HEAD and SHERREN. The consequences of injury to the peripheral nerves in man. Reprint from: Brain 28, 1905. London: John Bale, Sons, & Danielsson Ltd, 1905. 8o. Numerous text illustrations. Original blue printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION, offprint issue. Garrison-Morton 1299; Norman 1029. -- HEAD and Theodore THOMPSON. The grouping of afferent impulses within the spinal cord. Reprint from: Brain, 29 (1906). London: John Bale, Sons, & Danielsson Ltd, 1907. 8o. Numerous text illustrations, 3 half-tone plates. Original blue printed wrappers. Provenance: Dr. Albert Francis Voelcker (1861-1946), who first described Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome in cerebrospinal meningitis (presentation inscription on front wrapper "To Dr. A.F. Voelcker from Theodore Thompson"). FIRST EDITION, offprint issue, PRESENTATION COPY. Norman 1030. Together 5 works in 7 volumes, 8o. (7)