Description

Hardcover, octavo size volume bound in gray top grain genuine cowhide, with bound in silk ribbon marker, marbled end leaves specially commissioned by Richard J. Wolfe and all edges gilt. Cover design and production by Daniel B. Bianchi and Selma Ordewer, with raised spine and covers stamped in 22kt gold. 280 pages. Illustrations. Special limited edition printed for The Classics of Medicine Library (1980), First edition thus, prepared from an original 1833 edition, furnished to the Publisher courtesy of The Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine. Previous subscriber’s book-plate not present albeit others in this collection of The Classics of Medicine Library from the same private collection indicate that this is copy 921 of an unspecified limitation. Originally “…published in 1833, Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice, and the Physiology of Digestion by U.S. Army surgeon William Beaumont is a foundational text in gastroenterology. Based on direct in vivo observations of a patient with a permanent stomach fistula, it proved that digestion is primarily a chemical process driven by gastric acid rather than mere mechanical grinding.” [AI summary] A pristine, gift quality copy. As new.