PROST, Coup d'oeil physiologique sur la folie, 1807
PROST, Pierre Antoine.
Coup d'oeil physiologique sur la folie.
Paris, Demonville, [1807].
Three parts in 8vo (198x123 mm), 32-48-(4)-48 pages. binding : Contemporary full sheep, flat spine. Upper joint partially splitted, binding rubbed.
First edition. Pierre-Antoine Prost (1770-1832) was a surgeon at the Hôtel-Dieu in Lyon, then in Paris. He was one of the first to ask the question of the physiological origin of nervous affections.