HASKELL, Benjamin. ESSAYS ON THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, WITH AN APPENDIX ON HYDROPHOBIA. Gloucester: John S. E. Rogers, Printer, 1856. Inscribed to "Dr. Martyn Laine from the Author" on the front wrapper. Lacks the plate. Octavo. 87,[1] pp. Original blue paper wrappers with title information printed on the front and hand-written on the spine. Ex-library; only an ink stamp crossed out on copyright page and no other marks. Front cover detached and a bit edgeworn, some loss at spine, else a clean and very good copy. "He (Haskell) confuted the theories of Sir Charles Bell and Marshall Hall as to the sensory and motor functions of the spinal nerves, believing that physiologists overlooked the existence of a spiritual principle within the body and that 'the real cause of the production of a given phenomenon, is mental instead of physical." [Kelly & Burrage]. Seller Inventory # 78278

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Title: ESSAYS ON THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE NERVOUS ...

Publication Date: 1856

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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OUR STOCK of some 30,000 volumes includes one of the largest and finest inventories of books relating to Japan and East Asia in the country. In addition to a large general antiquarian stock, our areas of particular expertise are: children's books, photographica, Americana, historical archives, women's books, color plate books, early maps and atlases, sets and fine bindings, American and British literature, Japanese woodblock print books from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, and travel and exploration. We buy and sell books in all these categories. Through the years, we have issued over 50 catalogues of general antiquarian and literary materials, along with 30 catalogues relating to Japan and East Asia. Members of the firm travel extensively in America and Asia, to buy libraries and to attend bookfairs and auctions.

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