Collection of 4 papers (3 inscribed) plus John Fulton's paper on Loewi's Nobel Prize winning work

Publication date: 1910

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Loewi, Otto (1873-1961). Die chemische ?bertragung der Nervenwirkung. 8vo. 14pp. Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & S?ner, 1937. 247 x 167 mm. Original printed wrappers, a little soiled. Loewi's presentation inscription to physiologist / medical bilbiographer John F. Fulton (1899-1960) on the front wrapper: "J. F. Fulton with kindest regards, O. Loewi." Fulton's stamp on front wrapper. With: Three offprints by Loewi, two of them inscribed by Loewi to Fulton; see below for titles. 8vo (various sizes). V.p., 1910-44. Original printed wrappers. With: Fulton, John Farquhar (1899-1960). The Nobel Prize in medicine 1936: Dale and Loewi and the previous Nobel Prize men in physiology and medicine. Offprint from New England J. Med. 215 (1936). 8vo. 8 [1]pp. 228 x 154 mm. Original printed wrappers. Together 5 items. Very good. First / First Separate Editions. Loewi's Nobel lecture on the chemical transmission of nerve action, delivered after his receipt of a share of the 1936 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine for his demonstration that cardiac nerves respond to chemical rather than electrical stimulus. Offered with offprints of three papers by Loewi-"Pharmakologie und Klinik (1910); "The Ferrier lecture on problems connected with the principle of humoral transmission of nervous impulses" (1935); and "Inhibition of choliesterase activity of nervous tissues by eserine in vivo" (1944). Like the Nobel lecture, the first two of these bear Loewi's presentation inscriptions to physiologist / medical bibliographer J. F. Fulton. Also included here is Fulton's paper briefly outlining Loewi's achievement, pointing out that the Nobel committee had "for the first time recognized pure pharmacology in its awards." Magill, Nobel Prize Winners: Physiology or Medicine, pp. 425-31. .…

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Title
Collection of 4 papers (3 inscribed) plus John Fulton's paper on Loewi's Nobel Prize winning work
Author
Loewi, Otto
Publication year
1910
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Soft cover

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