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(MEDICINE.) Beaumont, William. Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice and the Physiology of Digestion. 3 woodcut illustrations. 8vo,

(MEDICINE.) Beaumont, William. Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice and the Physiology of Digestion. 3 woodcut illustrations. 8vo, contemporary (original?) sheep, rebacked, extremities rubbed; moderate foxing, abraded 19th-century institutional stamp on title. Plattsburgh, 1833

  • Notes: first edition of the first accurate scientific study of the process of gastric digestion; possibly one of 50 copies bound in full sheep for presentation. Norman 152. Garrison-Morton 989; Grolier/Horblit 10; Heirs of Hippocrates 1411.

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