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The Physiology Of Man; Designed To Represent The Existing State Of Physiological Science As Applied To The Functions Of The Human Body (Volume V)

The Physiology Of Man; Designed To Represent The Existing State Of Physiological Science As Applied To The Functions Of The Human Body (Volume V)

Flint, Austin

Paperback

Medical ReferenceAnatomy & PhysiologyEvolution

ISBN10: 9354540198
ISBN13: 9789354540196
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 20 2021
Pages: 556
Weight: 1.78
Height: 1.24 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Before modern labs and imaging, physicians learned to listen to life itself: the pulse, the breath, the secret chemistry of tissues. In Volume V of Austin Flint's The Physiology of Man, the human body becomes an intelligible system rather than a mystery. Medicine, stripped to its essentials. Flint writes as a master teacher and clinician, assembling a medical physiology reference that tracks the functions of human body across organs and processes, with the steady logic of a classic medical science treatise. It is a vintage physiology textbook for readers who want to understand human body systems physiology at its roots: how sensation and movement are co-ordinated, how circulation and respiration serve the whole, how nutrition and secretion sustain repair. For medical students, it reads like a rigorous study guide; for practising physicians, a physicians' clinical reference that still sharpens the habit of accurate thinking. Collectors of scientific writing will also recognise its value as a Gray anatomy companion: structure illuminated by function. First published in the 19th century, this work stands among the foundational physiological science of Victorian era medicine, bridging bedside observation and the emerging experimental method. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure for any medical classics collection, and a compelling window into how modern physiology learned to speak. Ideal for historians of medicine, curious lay readers, and anyone drawn to disciplined, humane scientific prose.

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