BERNARD, Claude Memoire sur le pancreas... In: Comptes Rendus, Suppl., I, pp. 379-563. Paris: Bachelier, 1856
FIRST EDITION., 4to., [vi], 563 pp., including half-title.
With 9 lithographed plates (3 colored, 2 folding). Complete volume with 23 additional hand-coloured plates. Uncut in the original wrappers., First edition of Bernard's most important contributions to scientific medicine. This monograph was the culmination of a series of papers on the role of the pancreas in digestion.
$US1500
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