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RAMN Y CAJAL, Santiago (1852-1934). Nuevo concepto de la histologa de los centros nerviosos. Offprint from Revista de ciencias mdicas de Barcelona, vol. 18, 1892. Barcelona: Imprenta de Henrich y C.a en comandita, Sucesores de N. Ramrez, 1893.
4o (231 x 164 mm). Half-title. Line-block illustrations in text. (Leaves deacidified and laminated, repairing several mostly marginal tears and a few minor losses to blank margins.) Quarter blue morocco, by C. Allan Carpenter, Jr., with original printed wrapper (margins trimmed) laid down on front cover.
FIRST EDITION, offprint issue, of three lectures in which Ramn y Cajal provided evidence to support the then-revolutionary neuron theory, according to which "each nerve or neuron was a distinct entity, touching but not being in continuity with other cells" (Grolier Medicine, p. 313). Ramn y Cajal's publications are notable for the clarity and detail of their illustration, based on their author's skill in drawing nerve cells as viewed under the microscope. His ability to observe nerve fibers and processes depended in part on new techniques of staining which he developed in conjunction with Camillo Golgi. Ramn y Cajal and Golgi shared the Nobel Prize in 1906. "The work of Santiago Ramn y Cajal provided the foundation for present concepts of the cellular composition of the nervous system. Improving and refining existing histological techniques and developing new ones of his own, he demonstrated the microscopic anatomy of the brain as it had never before been seen, and correlated the cellular structures of the brain, nerves, and spinal cord with their functions, giving neurophysiology for the first time a firm anatomic base" (Grolier Medicine, p. 311). VERY RARE. Garrison-Morton 1287; Waller 7736; Norman 1778.
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FIRST EDITION, offprint issue, of three lectures in which Ramn y Cajal provided evidence to support the then-revolutionary neuron theory, according to which "each nerve or neuron was a distinct entity, touching but not being in continuity with other cells" (Grolier Medicine, p. 313). Ramn y Cajal's publications are notable for the clarity and detail of their illustration, based on their author's skill in drawing nerve cells as viewed under the microscope. His ability to observe nerve fibers and processes depended in part on new techniques of staining which he developed in conjunction with Camillo Golgi. Ramn y Cajal and Golgi shared the Nobel Prize in 1906. "The work of Santiago Ramn y Cajal provided the foundation for present concepts of the cellular composition of the nervous system. Improving and refining existing histological techniques and developing new ones of his own, he demonstrated the microscopic anatomy of the brain as it had never before been seen, and correlated the cellular structures of the brain, nerves, and spinal cord with their functions, giving neurophysiology for the first time a firm anatomic base" (Grolier Medicine, p. 311). VERY RARE. Garrison-Morton 1287; Waller 7736; Norman 1778.