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BERNARD, Claude (1813-1878). "Recherches anatomiques et physiologiques sur la corde du tympan pour servir a l'histoire de l'hémiplégie faciale." Offprint from: Annales Médico-Psychologiques, May 1843. Paris: Bourgogne and Martinet, 1843.
8o (222 x 140 mm). Original printed wrappers (a bit soiled); cloth slipcase.
FIRST EDITION OF BERNARD'S FIRST PUBLISHED WORK. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY BERNARD on the wrapper: "À M. Geister, medecin à l'hôtel Dieu Cl. Bernard." This is Bernard's first published work, appearing in the same year as his dissertation Du suc gastrique et de son rôle dans la nutrition. "Although he had graduated M.D. at Paris on 7 Decemner 1843, Bernard never practiced medicine and always entertained ambivalent feelings about physicians. Nevertheless, his work was such that it laid new foundations for the profession... Bernard made his principle discoveries early in his career, in the period between his first publication, 'Recherches anatomiques et physiologiques sur la corde du tympan" (1843) and his theses for the doctorate in science (1853)" --DSB. RARE. Not in Garrison-Morton, Norman, Osler, Waller or Wellcome.
8o (222 x 140 mm). Original printed wrappers (a bit soiled); cloth slipcase.
FIRST EDITION OF BERNARD'S FIRST PUBLISHED WORK. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY BERNARD on the wrapper: "À M. Geister, medecin à l'hôtel Dieu Cl. Bernard." This is Bernard's first published work, appearing in the same year as his dissertation Du suc gastrique et de son rôle dans la nutrition. "Although he had graduated M.D. at Paris on 7 Decemner 1843, Bernard never practiced medicine and always entertained ambivalent feelings about physicians. Nevertheless, his work was such that it laid new foundations for the profession... Bernard made his principle discoveries early in his career, in the period between his first publication, 'Recherches anatomiques et physiologiques sur la corde du tympan" (1843) and his theses for the doctorate in science (1853)" --DSB. RARE. Not in Garrison-Morton, Norman, Osler, Waller or Wellcome.