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DUCHENNE DE BOULOGNE, Guillaume-Benjamin. De l'électrisation localisée et de son application à la physiologie, à la pathologie et à la thérapeutique. 1855.
DUCHENNE DE BOULOGNE, Guillaume-Benjamin.
De l'électrisation localisée et de son application à la physiologie, à la pathologie et à la thérapeutique.
Paris, J. -B. Baillière, 1855.
8vo (217x139 mm), xii-926 pages. binding : Modern half sheep, flat spine lettered in gilt. Rebacked (Parts of the original spine are glued on the modern parts).
First edition.
Duchenne de Boulogne (1806-1875) is one of the greatest clinicians of the 19th century and the founder of neurology.
He is also one of the pioneers in the use of electricity as an instrument for physiological experiments. The use of alternating current allows it to precisely stimulate only one muscle beam at a time.
references: Garrison-Morton [1995 & 614 : "Duchenne classified the electrophysiology of the entire muscular system and summed up his findings in the above work. The application of his results to pathological conditions marks him as the founder of electrotherapy. [...] Duchenne, most famous of the electrotherapists, employed faradic current in treating patients as early as 1830."].
Price : 300 €
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