Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 989.5

LAZZARO SPALLANZANI (1729-1799) Prodromo di un’ opera da imprimersi sopra le riproduzioni animali. Nella Stamperia di Giovanni Montanari 1768 First edition. 102 p. 23 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 983

First edition of one of the author’s most important works, in which he “first advanced the doctrine of the regeneration of the spinal cord. By decapitation of the frog he also showed that certain postures may be maintained by a reflex action of the spinal cord.” (Garrison-Morton, 101)

Cited references: Morton, 101. Waller 11962

Gift of John Martin, M.D.