Lord's Physiology.
SIGNED BY UNA. Lord's Physiology. (London: Harrison and Co., 1839?) 12mo.; title page absent; library “rules” label to front pastedown; illustrated; some foxing towards the rear; three quarter-morocco, marbled boards; well worn.
Edition unknown, but not the first, as indicated by a note in the front of the book which explains that errata from the first edition have been corrected in this edition. Signed by Una Hawthorne, Hawthorne, on the front endpaper, facing the “rules" affixed to the front pastedown by the library from which this volume was apparently deaccessioned. Illegible stamp of said library on verso of front endpaper.
A scientific text, with chapters on the various systems of the body (digestion, respiration, circulation, etc) and a lengthy introduction on the historical origins of physiology. The author writes in the preface that physiology should be studied as “a science of facts" as opposed to the way it has been treated in the past, as "a science of opinions.”
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