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More imagesOn Acid Humor Arising From Foods And On White Magnesia [De Humore Acido a Cibis Orto, et Magnesia Alba
Black, Joseph; translated by Thomas Hanson; introduction by Stacey B. Day
Published by Bell Museum of Pathobiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis 1973
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition in English. First English translation (from the original Latin) of Black's brief 1754 thesis on digestion of food, gases produced, and use of magnesia in countering excess acid. Include results of experiments with magnesia, various acids, "calcarious" materials. Garrison-Mort…on 919, which notes its importance as "Isolation of carbon dioxide." Slim hardcover, as (poorly, sorry) pictured; light wear, faded spine. Text clean, no names or marks; xiv, blank leaf, 40 pages; modern introduction, notes. Size: Octavo.
