Leçons sur le Diabète et la Glycogenèse Animale

Paris: J.-B. Baillière et Fils, 1877. First edition. 8vo. Tables and one illustration. viii, 576 pp., with half-title. Publisher's printed wrappers, unopened; spine ends chipped First edition in publisher's wrappers. "Bernard, in this work, first showed that one of the primary signs of diabetes is an excess of sugar in the blood and usually in the urine. Much of Bernard's experimentation and research had a direct relationship to clinical medicine" (Heirs of Hippocrates).REFERENCE: Cushing B320; Garrison-Morton 3942; Heirs of Hippocrates 1800; Osler 1515; Waller 958