Oct 20, 2009 - Sale 2190

Sale 2190 - Lot 87

Price Realized: $ 300
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
DUCHENNE DE BOULOGNE, GUILLAUME. De l'Électrisation Localisée et de son Application à la Physiologie, à la Pathologie, et à la Thérapeutique. 108 wood-engraved text illustrations. 8vo, modern 1/4 red morocco with black morocco lettering piece; browning at beginning and end, moderate foxing elsewhere, lacks half-title. Paris: J.-B. Ballière, 1855

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first edition. "Duchenne classified the electrophysiology of the entire muscular system and summed up his findings in the above work. The application of his results to pathological conditions marks him as the founder of electrotherapy"--Garrison-Morton 614. Norman 659.