Oct 20, 2009 - Sale 2190

Sale 2190 - Lot 68

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CHAUVEAU, AUGUSTE; and MAREY, ÉTIENNE-JULES. Appareils et Expériences Cardiographiques. Démonstration Nouvelle du Mécanisme des Mouvements du Coeur par l'Emploi des Instruments Enregistreurs à Indications continues. 23 text illustrations, mostly of cardiac tracings. [4], 52 pages, including half-title. 4to, original wrappers, backstrip and cover edges chipped in several places, front cover and preliminaries foxed. Paris, 1863

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first separate edition. In experiments on a horse summarized in this paper Chauveau and Marey pioneered the use of cardiac catheterization to record intracardiac pressure. Garrison-Morton 816 (journal issue, same year).