A treatise on the chemical constitution of the brain

Thudichum, Johann Ludwig Wilhelm (1829-1901). A treatise on the chemical constitution of the brain. xxiii, 262, [4]pp., plus 40-page publisher's catalogue. London: Baillière, Tindall and Cox, 1884. 220 x 140 mm. Original cloth, gilt-lettered spine and front cover, recased, extremities of spine repaired, 19th-century medical library label on front cover. Very good.

First Edition. Garrison-Morton.com 1415.1: "Thudicum, a German emigré, discovered cephalins and myelins in brain tissue." Thudicum, one of the founders of brain chemistry, conducted chemical analyses of over one thousand human and animal brains, isolating and characterizing such compounds as sphingomyelin, galactose, lactic acid and sphingosine. The importance of his work was not recognized until after his death.