‎DUCHENNE DE BOULOGNE, Guillaume Benjamin Amand, (1806-1875).‎
‎De l'Electrisation Localise et de son Application la Pathologie et la Thrapeutique par courants induits et par courants Galvaniques interrompus et continus. Troisime dition entirement refondue.‎

‎Paris, J.B. Ballire, 1872. xii, 1120 pp. 8vo (14,5 x 23 cm.). Contemporary half olive morocco (rubbed & faded), spine gilt lettered. With 1 folded, partly, coloured, plate, 2 plain plates, and 255 fine wood engravings in the text.‎

Reference : 1725

‎Garrison & Morton, 4543. Best edition of Duchenne's first major work. Including on page 357 the first description of partial brachial plexus paralysis, upper type, (Duchenne-Erb's palsy). According to its author, this edition is "almost a new book", and contains nearly 200 more pages of text, and 151 more illustrations than the first edition. With a list of Duchenne's publications, and a valuable illustrated description of numerous inductoria. Duchenne, one of the greatest clinicians of the nineteenth century and one of the greatest neurologists of France, employed induced current in the treatment of paralysis and other nervous disorders. "He first set out to classify the electrophysiology of the entire muscular system, studying the functions of isolated muscles in relation to bodily movements, and summarizing his results in "De l'Electrisation localise". He started with the observation that a current from two electrodes applied to the wet skin can stimulate the muscle without affecting the skin, and it was‎