Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1012

PAUL JOSEPH BARTHEZ (1734-1806) Nouveaux éléments de la science de l'homme. Chez J. Martel 1778 xxvii, 348 [6] pp. 19.7 cm.

The author herein states those principles for which he is now best remembered, that is, that the "vital principle" (a term he introduced) is the basis of the phenomenon of life, and every abnormality of function of normal life--or of this "vital principle"--constitutes disease.

Cited references: Wellcome II, p. 106

Gift of John Martin, M.D.