An Elementary Compendium of Physiology; for the Use of Students.

viii, 496 pp. 8vo. Original full calf, red morocco spine label, gilt titles & rules. Translated from the French with copious notes and illustrations by E. Milligan, revised and corrected by a physician of Philadelphia. Garrison-Morton 597.1 and 1041.1 (in reference to 1816-17 French original): "The first modern physiology textbook in which doctrine gave way to simple, precise descriptions of experimental facts. Vol. 2 contains Magendie's classic demonstration of the importance of nitrogenous food, or protein, in the food supply of mammals... In the course of his experiments on dogs fed non-nitrogenous substances, Magendie also induced the first experimental cases of an avitaminosis (specifically, lack of vitamin A)."