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BEAUMONT, WILLIAM. Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice. 8vo, original cloth-backed boards, worn, spine ends chipped, front cover loose; contents foxed, with marginal dampstaining at beginning and end, front free endpaper shaved along top edge. Boston, 1834
First edition of the first accurate scientific study of the process of gastric digestion; second issue, with cancel title bearing 1834 Boston imprint. Norman 152. Garrison-Morton 989; Grolier/Horblit 10; Heirs of Hippocrates 1411; Rutkow GS9 (all citing 1833 Plattsburgh original edition).
