Medico-physical works; being a translation of Tractatus quinque medico-physici

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Series: Alembic club reprints, no. 17

By

Mayow, John, 1640-1679

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Edinburgh, Alembic club, 1907

Notes

Two plates printed on both sides.

"We have confined ourselves to the work of translation and have added nothing in the way of commentary or criticism." - Pref. signed: A.C.B.; L.D. [i.e. A.C. Brown; Leonard Dobbin]

Contents: Preface.- First treatise. On sal nitrum and nitro-aëriel spirit.- Second treatise. On respiration.- Third treatise. On the respiration of the foetus in the uterus and in the egg.- Fourth treatise. On muscular motion.- Fifth treatise. On rickets.

Subjects

Combustion , Muscles , Oxygen , Respiration , Rickets

Call Number

MPr M GERSTM

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.28895
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51502869