Zoology Lessons: Secondary Education for Young Women

Description

BERT, Paul. LEÇONS DE ZOOLOGIE taught at the Sorbonne. Secondary education for young women. Anatomy – Physiology. G. Masson, Publisher, Paris, 1881. 1 volume, publisher's decorated percaline binding, gilt top edges, V and 556 pages, 402 figures in text, publisher's decorated boards (slightly worn), gilt top edges, a few light water stains in upper margins on the first 40 leaves. Pleasant copy. Contents include: Muscles – Digestion – Respiration – Voice – Blood and its circulation – Absorption – Nutrition – Movement – Nervous acts in general – Organs of the senses – Cerebro-spinal nerve centers (spinal cord) – Cerebro-spinal nerves – Sympathetic nervous system – Reflex and sympathetic actions – General history of nerves – Visual sensations – Auditory, olfactory, gustatory, and tactile sensations.