On the Influence of Physical Agents on Life, to which are added, in the Appendix, Some Observations on Electricity, and Some Notes to the Work of Dr. Edwards [with] Necrological Notice of Dr. Philip Syng Physick; Delivered Before The American Philosophical Society, May 4, 1838 [with] Essays on Physiology and Hygiene
Philadelphia: Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell. 1838. First American Edition. Half-Leather.
First American edition of the work first published in French in 1832 (Garrison-Morton 145.56/598.1).
228, 8, 32, 136 pp. Includes 6 plates. American reissue of Garrison-Morton 12197: "Edwards studied the influence of environmental factors on animal life, concluding that vital.....