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LOWER, RICHARD. Tractatus de corde. Item de motu & colore sanguinis, et chyli in eum transitu. 7 folding engraved plates (the fourth and fifth

LOWER, RICHARD. Tractatus de corde. Item de motu & colore sanguinis, et chyli in eum transitu. 7 folding engraved plates (the fourth and fifth cropped at bottom with image loss). [16], 232 pages. 12mo, contemporary calf gilt, spine ends damaged, front joint cracked, cords intact. Amsterdam: Daniel Elzevier, 1669

  • Notes: first elzevier edition. "Lower made the next great advance after Harvey in the physiology of blood circulation when he determined experimentally, with the assistance of Robert Hooke, that venous blood is changed to arterial blood in the lungs by virtue of its contact with air"--Norman 1397 (London original edition, same year). Garrison-Morton 761 (original edition); Fulton (Lower/Mayow) 6; Krivatsy 7158; Willems 1412 (this edition).

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