‎HALLER (A. Von)‎
‎Elementa physiologiae corporis humani -- 8 VOLUMES (COMPLETE SET) -- BON EXEMPLAIRE‎

‎Lausanne et Berne, Bousquet, 1757/1766, 8 VOLUMES IN 4 reliés en plein veau, dos ornés de fers dorés, tranches rouges (reliures de l'époque), (quelques rousseurs et cahiers uniformément roussis, traces d'encre d'imprimerie dans la marge du feuillet 49/52 du tome 3, 3 coiffes émoussées) -- Lausanne, Bousquet, 1757 (vol. I) ; Lausanne, Sigismundi d'Arnay, 1760 (vol. II) ; Lausanne, Grasset, 1766/1769 (vol. III à V) ; Berne, Societatis typographica, 1764/1766 (vol. VI à VIII), T.1 : 1 portrait, (3), 12pp., 520pp., 2 planches, T.2 : (5), 497pp., T.3 : (1), 492pp., T.4 : (1), 11pp., 596pp., T.5 : 8pp., 646pp., T.6 : 16pp., 639pp., 3 planches dépliantes, T.7 : 14pp., 576pp., 201pp., 1 planche dépliante, T.8 : 24pp., 467pp., 348pp. - SOIT 1 PORTRAIT ET 6 PLANCHES‎

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‎---- EDITION ORIGINALE à l'exception du tome 5 qui est en seconde édition ---- BON EXEMPLAIRE ---- GARRISON N° 588 : "Haller synthesized the whole physiological knowledge of his time. In the above, probably HIS GREATEST WORK, Haller included some anatomical descriptions which were most valuable" ---- Heirs of Hippocrates N° 886 : "Historians agree that, of the vast amount of scientific literature produced by this gifted genius, this eight-volume work is his greatest and most important contribution. The work has had a lasting influence on the development of anatomy and physiology. In it Haller examined the entire body and in each section provided anatomical description along with data on the structure, physical properties and chemical composition of the part under consideration. There are many physiological discoveries in this book that were forgotten, only to be rediscovered again years later. Two notable examples are the myogenic theory of the heart beat and the role of bile in the digestion of fat" ---- "Haller synthesized all previous knowledge of neuroanatomy and neurophysiology in his monumental work Elementa physiologiae... His most important original contribution in neurophysiology was his elaboration of Glisson's theory of irritability...". (MacHenry p. 109) ---- Norman N° 975 - Honeyman N° 1596 - DSB VI pp. 61/67**2558/D5AR‎