Item #H24852 Rudiments of Physiology, in Three Parts (1835): On Organism, On Life as Manifested in Irritation, On Life as Manifested in Sensation and in Thought. John Fletcher.
Rudiments of Physiology, in Three Parts (1835): On Organism, On Life as Manifested in Irritation, On Life as Manifested in Sensation and in Thought
Rudiments of Physiology, in Three Parts (1835): On Organism, On Life as Manifested in Irritation, On Life as Manifested in Sensation and in Thought
Rudiments of Physiology, in Three Parts (1835): On Organism, On Life as Manifested in Irritation, On Life as Manifested in Sensation and in Thought
Rudiments of Physiology, in Three Parts (1835): On Organism, On Life as Manifested in Irritation, On Life as Manifested in Sensation and in Thought
Rudiments of Physiology, in Three Parts (1835): On Organism, On Life as Manifested in Irritation, On Life as Manifested in Sensation and in Thought

Rudiments of Physiology, in Three Parts (1835): On Organism, On Life as Manifested in Irritation, On Life as Manifested in Sensation and in Thought

Edinburgh: John Carfrae, 1835-1837. First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo, contemporary black calf and marbled boards, gilt stamped spine label, very good with light general wear to binding, leather has been touched up, light wear to spine head, owner's name on flyleaf, text shows light foxing. With all three parts, each with a separate title page, the last part published posthumously in 1837 and with a sketch of the author's life. Uncommon in the trade. DNB: Fletcher (1792–1836), medical writer, born in 1792, was the son of Thomas Fletcher, merchant, of London. Finding his father's counting-house irksome, he began the study of medicine at Edinburgh, having already been an occasional hearer of Abernethy and C. Bell in London. He graduated M.D. in 1816. After making a start in practice at Henley-on-Thames, whither his family had retired suddenly in reduced circumstances, he returned to Edinburgh and took private pupils in medicine. His Latin scholarship and systematic methods brought him many pupils. In 1828–9 he joined the Argyll Square school of medicine, having McIntosh, Argyle Robertson, and, for a time, James Syme, as his colleagues. He lectured on physiology, and afterwards on medical jurisprudence. His repute as a lecturer stood very high; in 1836 he gave a course of popular lectures on physiology to large audiences of the educated laity of both sexes, illustrated by preparations and diagrams of his own making. He died of a sudden illness the same year. Very good. Item #H24852

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