Mar 08, 2007 - Sale 2107

Sale 2107 - Lot 164

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GOTCH, FRANCIS; and HORSLEY, VICTOR, Sir. On the Mammalian Nervous System, its Functions, and their Localization determined by an Electrical Method. Philosophical Transactions, Volume 182, Series B, pages 267-526, with 7 plates. 4to, contemporary cloth, spine faded; some foxing in outer margin of opening leaves, first page soiled. [London, 1891]

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first edition. Using the string galvanometer or capillary electrometer Gotch and Horsley demonstrated that electrical currents are produced in the mammalian brain. Their work contributed to the development of the electroencephalograph.