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xvi, 478 pp. (8vo), modern blue cloth, blue leather spine label. Third Edition.

"A scholar and author of repute, Mayo's writings include books on the digestive system, syphilis, rectal diseases, pathology, physiology, and the nervous system. Mayo, along with Bell and Magendie, was responsible for differentiating the motor and sensory pathways of the spinal nerves. There was some controversy regarding priority in the discovery and it is now recognized that Bell performed the early experiments, with Magendie and Mayo correcting and completing the research. The first edition of the present work was published at London in 1827. In the book Mayo discusses the physiology of the body's systems and includes a long discussion of the Bell-Magendie controversy." Heirs of Hippocrates, 1538