Item #67071 Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice, and the Physiology. William BEAUMONT.

Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice, and the Physiology

Item #67071

BEAUMONT, William. Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice, and the Physiology of Digestion. Plattsurgh: Printed by F.P. Allen, 1833. 1st ed. 280pp. Original paper boards, housed in custom brown morocco backed clamshell box, raised spine bands. Rebacked in matching boards, some wear to corners, light scattered foxing, else a very good copy. HOWES B-291, "b" "Most important American contribution to medical science." Grolier American 100, 38. Dibner, Heralds of Science 130. Horblit 10. Osler 1972. Garrison-Morton 989. One of the landmarks of American medical literature and a milestone which led to the later experiment of Pavlov almost a century later. This crudely printed and illustrated book, printed at the author's expense in an edition of 1000 copies (500 sets of sheets were later re-issued with a new title page), has been characterized as "the greatest contribution ever made to the knowledge of gastric digestion"--DAB. Grolier American Hundred described Beaumont's study as "a book that pushed back the frontier of the mind" and William Osler stated, "To the Medical Bibliographer there are few more treasured Americana...."

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