The Principles of Physiology. And A Dissertation on the Functions of the Nervous System, by GEORGE PROCHASKA. Translated and edited by THOMAS LAYCOCK.
by UNZER, John Augustus
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Sydenham Society. London. 1851.. pp. XII, xv, (i), 463, (i). Green cloth gilt of the series, top edge gilt, spine faded but a good copy. Ex-libris Anatomy School, Cambridge with usual marks of provenance. *GARRISON-MORTON #1357 UNZER [First edition, 1771] and #1386 PROCHASKA [First edition, 1780-1784] - Unzer was the first to propose the use of the word 'reflex' in connection with sensory-motor reaction; Prochaska introduced the idea of a 'sensorium commune' in the central nervous system, a consistent and comprehensive theory of relex action.
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- The Principles of Physiology. And A Dissertation on the Functions of the Nervous System, by GEORGE PROCHASKA. Translated and edited by THOMAS LAYCOCK.
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- UNZER, John Augustus
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- Sydenham Society. London. 1851.
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- NEUROLOGY PHYSIOLOGY
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