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BEAUMONT, WILLIAM. Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice and the Physiology of Digestion. Wood-engraved text illustrations. 280 pages. 8vo, 223x135 mm, original 1/4 cloth with remnant of paper lettering piece, covers spotted, front hinge partly cracked; mostly moderate foxing; cloth slipcase. Plattsburgh: F. P. Allen, 1833
first edition of the first accurate scientific study of the process of gastric digestion. Norman 152. Garrison-Morton 989; Grolier/Horblit 10; Heirs of Hippocrates 1411; Rutkow GS9.
