Physiological researches on life and death ... translated from the French by F. Gold ... with notes by F. Magendie ... the notes translated by George Hayward, M.D.
Boston: Richardson and Lord, 1827. 8vo, pp. viii, [9]-334; minor foxing, bookplate removed, else very good contemporary full calf neatly rebacked with old spine laid down, red morocco label. First published in Paris in 1800. See Garrison-Morton 597: "When Volta questioned the validity of experiments claiming to show responsiveness of an ex vivo heart, devoid of blood flow and nervous connections, Bichat obtained permission to experiment on the freshly killed bodies of those guillotined during the French Revolution. His trials on both laboratory animals and human cadavers led him to conclude that cardiac excitation by electricity would occur only when the organ was simulated by direct contact. Item #33666
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