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SENAC, JEAN-BAPTISTE. Traité de la Structure du Coeur, de son Action, et de ses Maladies. 17 folding engraved plates. 2 volumes. 4to, contemporary
SENAC, JEAN-BAPTISTE. Traité de la Structure du Coeur, de son Action, et de ses Maladies. 17 folding engraved plates. 2 volumes. 4to, contemporary mottled calf gilt, spine ends chipped, cover edges rubbed, Volume 1 joints cracked, cords intact; occasional browning or foxing, scattered marginal pencil markings in red or blue. Paris: Jacques Vincent, 1749
- Notes: first edition. "Senac's valuable treatise on the heart added much to the knowledge of the anatomy and diseases of that organ; he mentioned the leucocytes, which he considered to belong to the chyle, and he described pericarditis. Senac was the first to use quinine for palpitation"--Garrison-Morton 2733. Norman 1929.
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