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Leçons sur la physiologie et la pathologie du système nerveux

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Description: First edition of of the author's outstanding contributions to medical science. Bernard's work in neuophysiology includes the description of the origin and function of the cervical sympathetic system and examination of the vasomotor innervation of blood vessels. He also gives his description of "Horner's syndrome' as a condition due to lesion of the cervical sympathetic, offereing proof that the sympathetic governs the pupillary, vasomotor, sudomotor, and pilomotor functions. -- Rootenberg, 1987.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: MDCCCLVIII [1858].
Call number: 655558
Creator: Bernard, Claude (1813-1878)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Dr. W. Bruce and Lois B. Fye, June 2021.
Dimensions: 23 cm
Associated people: Fye, Bruce,; Fye, Lois B.,
Associated organization: J.-B. Baillière et fils,
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