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Two parts in one volume. ix, [5], 83, [5], [87]-291 pp. Translated by William Daniel Moore. Illustrated with 10 plates showing details of the brain. (8vo), half-calf and marbled boards, brown cloth rebacking. First English Edition, published as Vol. IV of the New Sydenham Society.

First edition in English, published the same year as the first German. "The work of Schroeder van der Kolk brought histological examination to the forefront in connection with theories on the localization function. His careful microscopical studies confirmed the medulla as being the seat of epilepsy" (Garrison Morton). This copy from the Royal College of Surgeons Library with inkstamps to title and front pastedown and a few pencil marks. Garrison Morton 4815; Heirs of Hippocrates 894.