Bohni Johannis (1 results)

Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. Pleine basane brune de l'époque, dos à cinq nerfs orné et doré portant la pièce de titre. Un volume in quarto (214x158 mm), portrait frontispice, (6)-472-(16) pages. Accrocs aux coiffes. Papier bruni. Né à Leipsick en 1640, Jean Bohn, y fut nommé professeur d'anatomie en 1668. "Bohn fut l'un des médecins les plus distingués du dix-septième siècle. Ses travaux embrassèrent toutes les branches des sciences médicales; mais c'est surtout aux ouvrages qu'ils composa sur la physiologie et la médecine légale, ., qu'il a dut la juste célébrité attachée à son nom". Quatrième édition du "Circulus anatomico-physiologicus". "Système complet de physiologie dans lequel l'auteur prend l'homme à la formation primitive de l'embryon, et suit les fonctions dans l'ordre naturel de leur développement. Partisans réservé de l'iatro-mécanisme, il admet comme avérée l'idée que le mouvement du coeur peut se comparer à celui d'une machine hydraulique; mais il blâme l'opinion de Borelli, que pendant la systole des ventricules, les oreilletes se contractent et se ferment complétement. " (Dezeimeris). "Bohn experimented on the decapited frog, declaring the reflex phenomena to be entirely material and mechanical, the general view of the time being that "vital spirits" were present in the nerve-fluid. Bohn showed that the nerves do not contain a "nerve juice". (Morton). Bon exemplaire. References : Dezeimeris (I, 438), Garrison&Morton (1335, ed. 1686). ___________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________ENGLISH_DESCRIPTION : Contemporary full brown sheep, spine gilt in six compartments, title in gilt on lettering-piece. 4to (214x158 mm), frontispiece, (6)-472-(16) pages. Head and tailcaps chipped. Brown paper. Born in Leipzig in 1640, Johannis Bohn, was named professor of anatomy in 1668. Bohn was one of the most distinguished physicians of the seventeenth century. He works on all branches of medical science, but he became famous for the works he composed on the physiology and forensic science. Fourth edition of "Circulus anatomical-physiologicus" - "complete system of physiology in which the author takes the man with the original formation of the embryo, and the following functions in the natural order of development. Partisans reserved the iatrogenic mechanism, it admits as proven the idea that the movement of the heart can be compared to that of a hydraulic machine, but he blames the views of Borelli, that during systole of the ventricles, the atria contract and close completely . "(Dezeimeris). "Bohn experimented on the decapited frog, declaring the reflex phenomena to be entirely material and mechanical, the general view of the time being that "vital spirits" were present in the nerve-fluid. Bohn showed that the nerves do not contain a "nerve juice". (Morton). Good copy. References : Dezeimeris (I, 438), Garrison&Morton (1335, ed. 1686). 994g.