Recherches expérimentales sur les propriétés et les fonctions du système nerveux, dans les animaux vertébrés.

8vo: [4]-xxvi-331-[1 bl., 10] pp.

Contemp. cardboard binding, flat spine, red edges (sides sl. shaved, corners bumped).

First edition of this neurologic classic by the French physiologist, founder of experimental brain science, and a pioneer in anesthesia P. Flourens (1794-1867). In the present work Flourens describes his series of experiments on pigeons to determine which portions of their brains controlled which functions. He selectively removed either the cerebral lobes or the cerebellum in order to demonstrate their roles in brain physiology. Flourens concluded that the cerebral lobes were the centerpoint of intelligence and perception, while the capability of muscular coordination resided in the cerebellum; however, he emphasized that the entire brain acted as a whole with respect to each of its functions. Our copy complete with the rare 8-page bookseller's catalogue in fine.
Ref. Garrison & Morton 1493. - Wellcome III:34. - BnF.
Prov. Eugene Somer Flamm (b. 1937), American neurosurgeon and bibliophile (bookpl.). - Otto [name illegible] (ms. name on front flyleaf).