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 (205 x 124 mm). 18th century mottled calf (rebacked).
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.
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 (205 x 124 mm). 18th century mottled calf (rebacked).
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.
