ANATOMY OF THE HUMAN BODY BY CHARLES BELL 1809 1ST ED.

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The Anatomy of the Human Body. In Four Volumes. Volume III. Containing the Nervous Systems. Part I. The Anatomy of the Brain, and Description and Course of the Nerves. Part II. The Anatomy of the Eye and Ear; of the Nose and Organ of Smelling; of the Mouth and Organ of Taste; of the Skin and Sense of Touch. By Charles Bell, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Printed in 1809 by Collins and Perkins: New York. Also bound with: The Anatomy of the Human Body. In Four Volumes. Volume IV. Containing the Anatomy of the Viscera of the Abdomen; the Parts in the Male and Female Pelvis, and the Lymphatic System. Part I. Of the Abdominal Viscera. Introductory View of the System of the Viscera, and of the Structure of Glands. Part II. Of the Male Parts of Generation. Part III. Of the Part of the Female Pelvis. Part IV. Of the Lymphatic System. With an Appendix. Same author, date and printer. This is the first American edition. x,308; xii,243 pages, plus 40 pages of advertisements for medical books. Measures 8.75" x 5.5". Original flame calf binding, rubbed and worn. Text and covers tight (there is a 2" crack to the rear hinge), scattered foxing and soiling. Volumes three and four only (of four). There are 18 anatomical plates and a variety of intext illustrations as called for. "Sir Charles Bell (1774–1842) was a Scottish read more