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Experiments on the Section of the Glossopharyngeal and Hypoglossal Nerves of the Frog, and observations of the alterations produced thereby in the Structure of their Primitive Fibres. Communicated by Professor Owen, F.R.S. Received November 22, 1849, ... - [THE ""LAW OF WALLERIAN DEGENERATION""]
(1850). 4to. Disbound. Fine copy. pp. 423-436 + 2 plates.
First printing of the groundbreaking paper that constitutes the starting-point of neuron theory, Waller's pioneering work on the nerves of the frog's tongue, which led him to the discovery of ""Wallerian Degeneration"". ""In a short life span of 54 years, of which a little more than 10 years were spent on research, Augustus Volney Waller offered epoch-making contributions to the understanding of the structure of the nervous system. Waller's pioneering work marked the starting point for the neuron theory and provided an ingenious technique for studying neuroanatomical pathways and connections."" (Venita Jay, Augustus Volney Waller).""Waller showed that if glosso-pharyngeal and hypoglossal nerves are severed, the outer segment, containing the axis-cylinders cut off from the cells, undergoes generation, the central stump remaining intact for a long period. From this he inferred that nerve-cells nourish nerve-fibres."" (G&M: 1266).""To every student of pathology, Waller's name is synonymous with ''Wallerian degeneration.'' Using a simple technique of cutting the nerves of a frog's tongue, Waller found that the distal stump would soon degenerate, while the proximal stump remained relatively intact. From his observations, the astute Waller inferred that nerve cells nourished the nerve fibers. This important work, entitled ''Experiments on the Section of the Glossopharyngeal and Hypoglossal Nerves of the Frog and Observations of the Alterations Produced Thereby in the Structure of Their Primitive Fibers,'' was published in the ""Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society"" in 1850. Waller's finding that the proximal stump and the cell body did not degenerate was subsequently modified with application of better staining techniques."" (Venita Jay).Garrison & Morton: 1266 (""The ""law of Wallerian degeneration"". The experiments recorded in the above paper were the starting-point of the neuron theory."" ...).
Physiology the servant of medicine (chloroform in the laboratory and in the hospital) being the Hitchcock lectures for 1909 delivered at the University of California, Berkely ---- EDITION ORIGINALE ---- BEL ENVOI AUTOGRAPHE DE WALLER AU CELEBRE PHYSIOLOGISTE FRANCAIS L. LAPICQUE ---- (PRESENTATON COPY)
Berkeley, London, The University of London Press & Hodder and Stoughton, 1910, un volume in 8, cartonnage éditeur, (coiffe émoussée), 8pp., 143pp., figures dans le texte
---- EDITION ORIGINALE ---- BEL ENVOI AUTOGRAPHE DE WALLER au célèbre physiologiste français L. LAPICQUE qui mit au point des méthodes de stimulation électrique qui lui ont permis de découvrir la chronaxie - L'ENVOI DE WALLER est ainsi formulé : "L. LAPICQUE FROM A.D. WALLER, VIENNE SEPTEMBER 1910" ---- Cet ouvrage contient la reproduction du premier électrogramme humain pratiquait par Waller en 1889. "Augustus Désiré Waller réalisa le premier électro-cardiogramme humain en utilisant l'électromètre capillaie de Lippman" ---- "Waller's most important contributions to medicine were in the field of electro-physiology. He was the first to demonstrate that the currents set up by the beating of the heart in animals could be recorded without opening the thorax. He was the first, also to obtain an electrocardiogram of the action of the human heart... Waller is also remembered for his observations on the effects of gases and anesthetic vapors on the irritability of nerves and muscles...". (Willius & Key pp. 653/655) ---- cf. Garrison N° 833 & 1279**7064/
Eight Lectures on The Signs of Life from Their Electrical Aspect. - [PRESENTATION-COPY FOR BOHR]
London, John Murray, 1903. Lex8vo. Orig. gilt cloth. Front board with some scratches to the cloth. With large presentation-inscription from Waller to the Danish physiologist Prof. Christian Bohr, and with the name of his son, the famous physicist Niels Bohr, in his own hand. VIII, 175 pp. Richly illustrated.
First edition, presentation-copy to Christian Bohr and later owned by his son Niels Bohr, of Waller's important work on the basic principles of living things based on live demonstrations of electrical phenomena.The work is a collection of eight eloquent lectures aimed at all students interested in learning about the physiology of life. Waller was the first to record a human electrocardiogram using a mercury capillary electrometer.
Recherches sur la systéme nerveaux. Premiere Partie: Action de la partie du nerf grans sympathique et d'une portion de la moelle épinière sur la dilatation de la pupille.
(Paris, Bachelier, 1851). 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome 33, No 14. Pp. (361-) 392 (entire issue offered). The paper: pp. 370-374.
First printing of a pioneer research in the physiology of the nerves. The authors describes here for the first time the cilio-spinal centre, controlling the dilatation of the pupil.Garrison & Morton, No 1267.
