Serre henri a (1 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. SERRE, HENRI A. (1801-58). Essai sur les phosphenes ou anneaux lumineux de la retine consideres dans leurs rapports avec la physiologie et la pathologie de la vision. Paris: V. Masson, 1853. FIRST EDITION. 8 vo. Orig. printed wrappers. Uncut and unopened. xx, 472 pp. Thirty-four text wood engravings by E. Salle. A nearly fine copy in original state. Though it appears that the great German physiologist Johannes Müller was one of the first to describe retinal phosphenes (see: G-M 1495) in 1826, Henri A. Serre d'Uzes coined the term and was the first to thoroughly study the phenomenon. Phosphenes are the psychedelic-like colored images produced by lightly pressing on the closed eyelid. Serre described these, and interestingly tried to relate them to the physiology and pathology of the eye. Becker Ophthal. Coll. Cat. 339.…