An Essay on the Torpidity of Animals

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  • full contemp. calf.
  • London: Longman, Hurst ...., 1809
By Reeve, H - PHYSIOLOGY
London: Longman, Hurst ...., 1809. First Edition.. full contemp. calf.. A good copy; binding somewhat worn; jts. cracked but holding.. 8vo.

Reeve was dead by age 34 and this is his only published book on a medical topic. He was a friend of Davy and Coleridge and together with Dr. Thomas Bateman founded the Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal. The book offered here is a study of the phenomena of hibernation and the accompanying physiological changes. Reeve addresses many associated topics, e.g., drowning, migration. DNB XVI, 849.

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Title

An Essay on the Torpidity of Animals

Author

Reeve, H - PHYSIOLOGY

Binding

full contemp. calf.

Condition

Good

Publisher

Longman, Hurst ....: London

Date

1809

Edition

First Edition.


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