WHYTT, Les Vapeurs et Maladies Nerveuses, 1767

Paris, Vincent, 1767.

Two 12mo (165x95 mm), xl-(3)-582 pages and 2 plates / xi-578-(1) pages.  binding : Contemporary full calf, gilt spines in six compartments. Tail cap worn. Waterstain at the end of volume I. 

references: Garrison [ 4841 ( ed. 1765 ) : "First important english work on neurology after Willis"], Heirs of Hippocrates [1765 (english ed.) : "In this work, .. Whytt discusses the significance of emotions in the pathogenesis of nervousness, hypochondria, and hysteria"].

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