[Physiologike], seu Oeconomia Animalis by BOERHAAVE, Hermann - 1741

London: Johannem Noon, 1741. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to. (254 x 202 mm). xi, [1], 164 pp. Title with engraved vignette, 54 folding engraved plates, light water stains and spotting,occasional annotations, library stamps, library cloth, lower cover with small dampstain. --- Garrison-Morton 581; Norman 255 (both citing the original edition); Lindeboom 64 (this edition).Rare first separate London edition of the first and largest portion, on physiology, of Boerhaave's 5-part Institutiones medicae, which originally appeared in 1708. "Institutiones medicae, his first book, was responsible, more than any other work, for establishing the study of physiology as an academic discipline" (Norman).