Treatise on the venom of the viper; on the American poisons; and on the cherry laurel, and some other vegetable poisons. To which are annexed, observations on the primitive structure of the animal body; different experiments on the reproduction of the nerves; and a description of a new canal of the eye ... / Translated from the original French of Felix Fontana ... by Joseph Skinner.

  • Fontana, Felice, 1730-1805
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1795
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Treatise on the venom of the viper; on the American poisons; and on the cherry laurel, and some other vegetable poisons. To which are annexed, observations on the primitive structure of the animal body; different experiments on the reproduction of the nerves; and a description of a new canal of the eye ... / Translated from the original French of Felix Fontana ... by Joseph Skinner. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : Printed for John Cuthell ..., 1795.

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2 volumes, folded plates : illustrations ; (8vo)

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The second edition.

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Includes X leaves of plates at end of v. 2
Signatures: (vol. 1 only) p1 a8 b2 B-2D8 2E4.
Translation of: Traité sur le venin de la vipére. The first part of this work was originally published in Italian at Lucca in 1767 with the title: Ricerche fisiche sopra il veleno della vipera. The work was expanded and translated into French in 1781, from which the present edition was taken

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