Mar 08, 2007 - Sale 2107

Sale 2107 - Lot 166

Price Realized: $ 450
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Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
GOWERS, WILLIAM RICHARD, Sir. Pseudo-Hypertrophic Muscular Paralysis. A Clinical Lecture. Plate; text illustrations. 8vo, original cloth, remnant of paper label on spine; old institutional stamp on half-title. Publisher's 24-page catalogue at end dated November 1879. London, 1879

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first edition of a discussion of cases of Duchenne's pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy; "Gowers's sign" (placing the hands on the knees and thighs to push the trunk into an erect position) is described and illustrated on pages 33-35. Garrison-McHenry, pages 439-40.