Cat, [C. N.] Le
Traité de l'existance, de la nature et des propriétés du fluide des nerfs, et principalement de son action dans le mouvement musculaire, ouvrage couronné en 1753 par l'Académie de Berlin; suivi des dissertations sur la sensibilité des meninges, des tendons, &c. l'Insensibilité du cerveau, la structure des nerfs, l'irritabilité hallérienne, &c.
Berlin, [Académie royale des sciences et belles lettres de Berlin], 1765. 8vo (20.2 x 12.2 cm). Half-title, title in red and black, [iv], 332 pp., two engraved head pieces, six large, folded, engraved plates. Contemporary half calf over speckled boards. Spine with five raised bands with gilt-stippled lines and black morocco label with gilt title. Edges sprinkled red.
Important work with new and original research on the nerve system by the French naturalist, surgeon and anatomist Claude-Nicolas Le Cat (1700-1768). He founded the Académie des Sciences, Belles lettres et Arts in Rouen, and developed an instrument for lithotomy, the gorgeret cystotome. Le Cat deserves credit for the first removal of a bladder polyp through the dilated urethra. He also greatly advanced cataract surgery. His reputation in France and Europe was reflected in his numerous academy prizes, publications, and surgical notoriety (Wikipedia). Small, vague, oval blind stamp of a former private owner in the top margin of the front free endpaper; some rubbing to the edges and spine; a few small, marginal spots; generally clean. A very good copy. Bayle & Thillaye II, p. 298.
