The Nerves: Their Influence and Importance in Health and Disease. A Contribution to Popular Physiology

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1844. First edition. Original textured cloth with black spine label lettered in gilt. Covers are heavily rubbed and mottled, with spotting, scuffing, bumped corners, and general shelfwear. Spine ends are chipped and frayed, with cloth loss at head and foot; lower spine shows an area of old label or surface loss. Binding remains intact, though showing age and wear. Interior is better preserved than the exterior, with scattered foxing, age-toning, and occasional staining, especially to endpapers and preliminary leaves. Title page remains readable and attractive. Printed dedication leaf to Benjamin Travers, Esq., F.R.S., dated London, October 1844. A sound, usable copy overall, with exterior wear as the main condition issue. Sir George Lefevre’s work presents a mid-nineteenth-century discussion of the nervous system and its influence on health and disease, written for a general educated readership rather than as a narrow specialist text. An interesting early Victorian medical title touching on nerves, nervous influence, disease, physiology, and the developing popular understanding of nervous disorders. Carefully packed and shipped with tracking. Returns accepted within the AbeBooks 30-day return window. bSCI 1e.…