Observations on the Cultivation of Organic Science, being the Hunterian Oration Delivered Feb. 14, 1848, before the Royal College of Surgeons.
60 pages. Slim 8vo, modern wrappers. London, 1848. First Edition by the eminent anatomist and physiologist. The above address is notable for its assertion of the limitations of consciousness in regard to vital actions, and of the fact that physical and chemical forces are at the bottom of all vital action. Author's presentation copy, inscribed on title. More