Circulus anatomico-physiologicus seu oeconomia corporis animalis hoc est cogitata functionum animalium potissimarum formalitatem et causas concernentia. Accesserunt Dissertationes physiologicae by BOHN, Johann - 1710

Leipzig: Thomam Fritsch, 1710. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Good. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to (230x179 mm). [6], 672, [16] pp., full-page engraved frontispiece of the author facing title. Contemporary half calf, worn and bumped. Pages untrimmed, content somewhat browned and foxed (frontispiece and title heavier). Provenance: Ex library Birmingham Medical Institute, with old inscription and shelf marks to inner board. ---- Wellcome II, 193 and Garrison-Morton 1355 for first edition 1686; Osler Cat. 2072; VD 17 3: 623817 T. Hirsch- H. I, 606f. - Third and last edition. Rare. Bohn was an enthusiastic follower of Harvey. The book contains a section on the circulation of the blood. It is an important neurological contribution to reflex phenomena and on the spinal cord. Bohn gehört zu den hervorragendsten Aerzten aller Zeiten (...). Sein Ruhm gipfelt darin, die grosse Wichtigkeit des Experimentes nach der physicalischen, wie chemischen und neurologischen Seite hin nachgewiesen [und] die Einführung der Experimentalphysiologie eingeleitet zu haben." (Hirsch- H. I. 606f.).