115798-01
Dean, John.
The gray substance of the medulla oblongata and trapezium.

Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1864. - (31 x 24 cm). (4) 75 S. Mit 16 lithographierten Tafeln, davon 9 photolithographiert. Moderner Pappband im Stil der Zeit. (Smithsonian contributions to knowledge).

Einzige Ausgabe. - "The first American medical book illustrated with photomechanically reproduced plates. Oliver Wendell Holmes praised the book for its remarkable photomicrographs, which may be the first published of brain cross-sections. On pp. 66-69 Dean described his method of preparing specimens using a modified Clarke technique, and photographing with a common camera fitted with an adapter of his design to his Smith & Beck microscope" (G/M). - Wenige Tafeln am Rand minimal stockfleckig, sonst sauber und wohlerhalten. - Garrison-Morton 7331; Early Medical Photography in America SS. 1229 und 1248


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