John augustus george prochaska (5 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Two Garrison-Morton titles comprise this volume, first translations from German into English for the 1851 Sydenham Society edition. Spine is mostly missing, chipped, taped, call numbers on spine. Ex-Library, stamps on title page, Hennepin County Medical Society bookplate. G-M 1357. UNZER, Johann Augustus (1727 - 1799) "Erste Gründe einer Physiologie der eigentlichen thierischen Natur thierischer Körper. Leipzig: Weidmanns Erben und Reich, 1771" Unzer was probably the first to employ the work ?reflex? in connection with sensory?motor reactions. Georg Prochaska (1749 - 1820) "Adnotationum academicarum. Fasciculus tertius. III. De functionibus systematis nervosi." 3 pts. Prague: W. Gerle, 1780 ? 1784. First English Translation Sydenham Society, 1851. Prochaska introduced the idea of a ?sensorium commune? in the central nervous system, a consistent and comprehensive theory of reflex action. English translation, London, Sydenham Society, 1851. G-M 1386. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Due to the size/weight of this set extra charges may apply for international shipping.…

Condizione: Good. Good condition. Rebacked with original cloth laid on. Stamped on inside. In protective mylar cover. (Comparative Physiology, Neurophysiology, Nervous System).

1st edn. 8vo (9 x 6 ins). Original blind-stamped gilt decorated green cloth, top edge gilt (spine rebacked with new label; boards rubbed at edges). Pp. xv + 461 (previous owners' bookplate on front paste-down and neat inscription on front free endpaper).

Hardcover. Condizione: Poor. Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo. green stamped cloth gilt lettering to spine and covers no dust jacket 463 pp bookplate to inside front cover (Samuel Butler) cloth to spine missing at bottom half and at upper edge edges worn and slightly dented at spots Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.…

First English edition of each title; 8vo, pp. [iii]-xii, xv, [1], 463, [1]; 20th century green cloth, black cloth label lettered in gilt on spine; very good and sound, but lacking the half-title. "Unzer was probably the first to employ the word `reflex' in connection with sensory-motor reactions" (Garrison-Morton 1457). "Prochaska introduced the idea of a `sensorium commune' in the central nervous system, the function of which is the reflection to the motor nerves of sensory impressions received by the brain" (GM 1386, citing the Prague 1780-84 edition). …