Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 2078

SIR WILLIAM RICHARD GOWERS (1845-1915) A manual of diseases of the nervous system. P. Blakiston 1892-1893 2nd ed. Vol. I: xvi, 616, 28 [4] pp., 179 illus.; Vol. II: xvi, 1069 [3] 28 [4] pp., 182 illus. 23.4 cm.

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Volume I of the first edition of this widely used text appeared at London in 1886 and the second volume was published two years later. Considered to be Gowers' most important work, the book was prepared "to be within the compass of the time-pressed student or busy practitioner" (p. [vi]). This second edition has been considerably enlarged and contains "new sections on Multiple Neuritis . . . Beri-Beri, Brachial Neuritis, Senile Paraplegia, Morvan's Disease, and the Peroneal Type of Muscular Atrophy. . . ." (p. [v]).

Cited references: Garrison-Morton 4569 (1st London ed., 1886-1888); Waller 3662 (1st ed.)