FUNK, Casimir (1884-1967). Die Vitamine, ihre Bedeutung für die Physiologie und Pathologie mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Avitaminosen, Wiesbaden: J. F. Bergmann, 1914, 4°, FIRST EDITION, half title, 2 chromolithographed plates, numerous half tone illustrations, modern cloth, original printed wrappers bound in, uncut. [GM1051; Haskell/Norman 94; Norman 849]

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FUNK, Casimir (1884-1967). Die Vitamine, ihre Bedeutung für die Physiologie und Pathologie mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Avitaminosen, Wiesbaden: J. F. Bergmann, 1914, 4°, FIRST EDITION, half title, 2 chromolithographed plates, numerous half tone illustrations, modern cloth, original printed wrappers bound in, uncut. [GM1051; Haskell/Norman 94; Norman 849]

Provenance

Dr. H. Guthmann, inscription to front wrappers and title.

Lot Essay

Norman: "His [Funk's] book on vitamins, which opened the way for many advances in therapeutic and preventive medicine, examined the link between nutritional deficiency and disease and discussed the role of vitamins in growth and metabolism."

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