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First edition in German, preceded by the first edition in Italian, but this German edition precedes the first English edition of 1896. From the library of C. B. Farrar with his bookplate. 8vo., rebound in green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, 251pp. With charts and illustrations. About fine. Angelo Mosso (1846-1910) invented "human circulation balance", the first ever neuroimaging technique. "Mosso would have volunteers lie down on a long wooden plank, carefully balanced on a fulcrum, like a seesaw. He calibrated for anything that might throw off the balance, like the rise and fall of the volunteer's breathing. Then with everything secured, he'd ring a bell. Mosso reasoned his volunteer's brain would have to process the sound, requiring more blood, making it weigh more, which would tip the scale toward the head's side. According to his manuscripts, that's exactly what happened." This work was a study of fear, using in part what he learned through his neuroimaging. He concluded that there was a direct correlation between physical weakness and fear. From the English translation: "Let us remember that fear is a disease to be cured; the brave may fail sometimes, but the coward fails always.".