Leçons sur la Pathologie Comparée de l'Inflammation

Paris: G. Masson, 1892. First edition. 8vo. 3 colored lithographs by Roussel after Metchnikoff, 65 illustrations to text. xi, [1], 239, [1] pp. Contemporary half tan morocco and marbled boards; joints rubbed, pages toned, previous owner's inscription to flyleaf, book-plate First edition of Metchnikoff’s “classic lectures on inflammation” (Garrison-Morton) and phagocytosis, delivered in French at the Pasteur Institute in 1891. Metchnikoff states that, even though phagocytosis in man and higher animals has been the focus of study, a similar process also takes place in lower forms of life, both plant and animal. Therefore, it is important to make a comparative study of inflammation” (Heirs of Hippocrates).REFERENCE: Garrison-Morton 2307; Heirs of Hippocrates 2079; Waller 6413