Leçons sur Les Anesthésiques et Sur L'Asphyxie
Paris: Librairie J.-B. Baillière et Fils, 1875. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], vi-vii, [1], 1-536 pp. Quarter turn of the twentieth century red leather over paper boards with the spine in five compartments, gilt lettering on the spine. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Bound without the original wrappers. With in-text figures. Part of the Cours de Medecine du Collége de France. Garrison-Morton 4841. Leake, Chauncey D., "Claude Bernard and Anesthesia". Bernard was a French physician who conducted pioneering experiments in anesthesiology (testing drugs on plants and animals). His data was crucial to developing this field of medicine and his work played a key role in bringing pain relief and humane methods to human surgery in clinics around the world. Ex-Library. Item #000014735
Several library marks, the front hinge repaired with binder's tape.
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