On the necessity for contracting cavities between the venous trunks and the ventricles of the heart : on the use of venous sinuses in the head : on the wonderful provision made for the transition from the foetal to the breathing state, on palpitation, on death and on life, with reflections on the treatment of animals.

  • Walker, John.
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1799
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On the necessity for contracting cavities between the venous trunks and the ventricles of the heart : on the use of venous sinuses in the head : on the wonderful provision made for the transition from the foetal to the breathing state, on palpitation, on death and on life, with reflections on the treatment of animals. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Edinburgh : Printed by T. McCleish and Co. for William Mudie and Darton and Harvey, 1799.

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[vi], 34 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 9 pages, 8 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm

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Tp verso inscription "To William Gordon on the part of the author"
Item includes foreword in French followed by a preface in English, and includes "Specimen academicum inaugurale sistens theses aliquot medicas" in Latin submitted to Leiden University July 1799
This copy includes three copies in two different versions of the postscript addenda dated Edinburgh 21 J. 1800, concerning placental blood supply

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