1824 EDWARDS, William Frédéric (1776 – 1842)

De l’influence des agens physiques sur la vie.

Edwards studied the influence of environmental factors on animal life, concluding that vital processes depend on external physical and chemical forces but are not entirely controlled by them. The work includes an acco…

GMN 145.56 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8796

1832 EDWARDS, William Frédéric (1776 – 1842); HODGKIN, Thomas (1798 – 1866); LISTER, Joseph Jackson (1786 – 1869); HOWARD, Luke (1772 – 1864); POUILLET, Claude Servais Mathias (1790 – 1868); FISHER, Alder

On the influence of physical agents on life, by W. F. Edwards. Translated from the French by Dr. Hodgkin and Dr. Fisher. To which are added, in the appendix, some observations on electricity by Dr. Edwards, M. Pouillet, and Luke Howard; on absorption, and the uses of the spleen, by Dr. Hodgkin; on the microscopic characters of the animal tissues and fluids, by J. J. Lister and Dr. Hodgkin, and some notes to the work of Dr. Edwards.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

GMN 12197 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14407

2003 PIANTADOSI, Claude Anthony

Human survival: Life and death in extreme environments.

GMN 12195 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14405