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WHYTT, Robert (1714-1760). Observations on the nature, causes and cure of those disorders which have been commonly called nervous hypochondriac, or hysteric, to which are prefaced some remarks on the sympathy of the nerves. Edinburgh: for T. Beckett and P. Du Hondt, London, and J. Balfour, Edinburgh, 1765.
8o (198 x 124 mm). Contemporary speckled calf (some wear).
FIRST EDITION. "The first important English work on neurology after Willis" (GM). Whytt applied the results of his neuro-physiological research to nervous diseases, explaining them in terms of nerves' "sentient and sympathetic power". Garrison-Morton 4841; Norman 2238.
[With:] WHYTT. Observations on the Dropsy in the Brain. Edinburgh: for John Balfour by Balfour, Auld, & Smellie, 1768. 8o (202 x 124 mm). Contemporary calf (joints rubbed). FIRST EDITION of the "first account of the clinical course of tuberculous meningitis in children" (Garrison-Morton 4634). NLM/Blake, p. 488.
[With:] WHYTT. An essay on the vitals and other involuntary motions of animals. Edinburgh: John Balfour, 1763. 8o (201 x 126 mm). Contemporary speckled calf (joints rubbed). Provenance: Thomas Welsh (signature on flyleaf). Second edition. Whytt proved the existence of reflex actions, and correctly identified the response of pupils to light as a reflex action. He was able to locate this to the compression of the optic thalmus ("Whytt's reflex"). See Garrison-Morton 1381; Norman 2237. (3)
8o (198 x 124 mm). Contemporary speckled calf (some wear).
FIRST EDITION. "The first important English work on neurology after Willis" (GM). Whytt applied the results of his neuro-physiological research to nervous diseases, explaining them in terms of nerves' "sentient and sympathetic power". Garrison-Morton 4841; Norman 2238.
[With:] WHYTT. Observations on the Dropsy in the Brain. Edinburgh: for John Balfour by Balfour, Auld, & Smellie, 1768. 8o (202 x 124 mm). Contemporary calf (joints rubbed). FIRST EDITION of the "first account of the clinical course of tuberculous meningitis in children" (Garrison-Morton 4634). NLM/Blake, p. 488.
[With:] WHYTT. An essay on the vitals and other involuntary motions of animals. Edinburgh: John Balfour, 1763. 8o (201 x 126 mm). Contemporary speckled calf (joints rubbed). Provenance: Thomas Welsh (signature on flyleaf). Second edition. Whytt proved the existence of reflex actions, and correctly identified the response of pupils to light as a reflex action. He was able to locate this to the compression of the optic thalmus ("Whytt's reflex"). See Garrison-Morton 1381; Norman 2237. (3)