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Unzer and Proschaska on the Nervous System

Title: The Principles of Physiology...And, A Dissertation on the Functions of the Nervous System
Author: Unzer, John Augustus and George Prochaska
Description: 2 volumes in 1, paginated continuously. xii, xiv, 463 pp. Translated by Thomas Laycock. (8vo) 8¾x5½, original blindstamped green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, gilt device on front and rear. First Edition in English of both titles."Unzer is said to have been the first to employ the word 'reflex' in connexion with sensory-motor reaction." - Garrison-Morton. Garrison-Morton 1357 & 1389 (for first editions of 1771 & 1784).
Heading: Place Published: London
Publisher: Sydenham Society
Date Published: 1851