DU VERNEY, Guichard Joseph (1648-1730). Trait de l'organe de l'ouie, contenant la structure, les usages & les maladies de toutes les parties de l'oreille . Paris: Estienne Michallet, 1683. 12 o (155 x 90 mm). 16 folding engraved plates (plate 1 lightly browned and with wormtrack in lower margin affecting explanatory text, one margins frayed, a few clean tears). (Some heavy wormtracks on lower margins of last two gatherings, some minor light marginal browning.) Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt (joints and extremities rubbed). Provenance : Hector Periat (ink stamp on title-page). FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST MONOGRAPH ON THE STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND DISEASES OF THE EAR. "Du Verney corrected the erroneous belief that the Eustachian tube was an avenue for breathing or hearing by showing that it was simply the channel through which air to the tympanic cavity is renewed. He correctly explained the mechanism of bone conduction and gave a clear and accurate account of the bony labyrinth. He greatly advanced knowledge in the physiology of hearing and his theory of hearing and communication of sound anticipated that of Helmholtz. Du Verney also studied ear diseases and searched for scientific explanations of earache, deafness, and tinnitus. His therapy was chiefly empirical and consisted mostly of botanical remedies" ( Heirs of Hippocrates ). Garrison-Morton 1545; Heirs of Hippocrates 664; Grolier Medicine 36; NLM/Krivatsy 3590; Waller 2670; Wellcome II, p. 506; Norman 674.
DU VERNEY, Guichard Joseph (1648-1730). Trait de l'organe de l'ouie, contenant la structure, les usages & les maladies de toutes les parties de l'oreille . Paris: Estienne Michallet, 1683. 12 o (155 x 90 mm). 16 folding engraved plates (plate 1 lightly browned and with wormtrack in lower margin affecting explanatory text, one margins frayed, a few clean tears). (Some heavy wormtracks on lower margins of last two gatherings, some minor light marginal browning.) Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt (joints and extremities rubbed). Provenance : Hector Periat (ink stamp on title-page). FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST MONOGRAPH ON THE STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND DISEASES OF THE EAR. "Du Verney corrected the erroneous belief that the Eustachian tube was an avenue for breathing or hearing by showing that it was simply the channel through which air to the tympanic cavity is renewed. He correctly explained the mechanism of bone conduction and gave a clear and accurate account of the bony labyrinth. He greatly advanced knowledge in the physiology of hearing and his theory of hearing and communication of sound anticipated that of Helmholtz. Du Verney also studied ear diseases and searched for scientific explanations of earache, deafness, and tinnitus. His therapy was chiefly empirical and consisted mostly of botanical remedies" ( Heirs of Hippocrates ). Garrison-Morton 1545; Heirs of Hippocrates 664; Grolier Medicine 36; NLM/Krivatsy 3590; Waller 2670; Wellcome II, p. 506; Norman 674.
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