Important dissertation on the "scientific method"

BERNARD, Claude.

Introduction à l'étude de la médecine experimentale.

Paris, London, Madrid, New York, Leipzig: Baillière, 1865.

1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Item #001885

Paris: J.B. Baillière et fils; London: Hippolyte Baillière; Madrid: C. Bailly-Baillière; New York: Baillière Brothers; Leipzig: E. Jung-Treuttel, 1865. 8vo (22,5x14,5 cm). 400 pp., 4 pp. publishers advertisements. Later cloth, spine gilt, original boards included. Ex Crear Library Chicago with cancelled perforation stamp on title. Page 5 with small stamp, one leaf of advertisements torn. Contains variant of advertisements with "Nouveau dict. de médecine & de chirurgie". First edition, first issue with 5 cities of publication & "Crete" in imprint on half title verso and page 400. ----

PMM 353; Garrison-M. 1766.501; Horblit 11b; Norman 206; Heirs of Hippocrates 974. - First edition, first print. "Bernard's masterly justification and exposition of the use of the experimental method in studying life phenomena has remained a classic on both scientific and philosophical literature.

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