300 x 234 mm. 4to. Pages 319-333. Numerous tables. Dis-bound. John Davy served the British Army in Ceylon, the Mediterranean islands, and the West Indies. Davy made detailed studies of the life habits and cultural practices of the native population wherever he went. Davy "dosed their bodies, took their temperatures, dissected their domestic and wild animals, and analyzed their minerals. . . . A voluminous output of papers on a broad miscellany of small topics reflects the range of opportunities that his travels presented to his ever alert but rather superficial curiosity. . . His most sustained interest was in animal heat, and some of his observations on temperatures within the pulmonary circulation were widely cited at the time. He made thousands of temperature readings of men and beasts in all stages of health and sickness throughout the world." - DSB. John Davy received the M.D. from the University of Edinburgh in 1814. Serving in Brussels during the Battle of Waterloo, Davy embarked on a career in the army medical service; he rose to the rank of inspector general of hospitals. John Davy was the younger brother of Sir Humphrey Davy (1778-1829). DNB, V, pp. 645-646; DSB, III, pp. 604-605.

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Title: On the temperature of man. Extract from: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Volume 135, Part II.
Publisher: Richard and John E. Taylor, 1845., London:
Publication Date: 1845

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