Provenance
Modern manuscript note included with volume 1: Medical Students Notes on Physiology (in french). Bookplate of David Riesman on inside front pastedowns of both volumes. From the libraries of David Riesman, M.D., and John P. Riesman, M.D.
Summary
Two manuscripts in unidentified hand, on paper, containing medical student notes on Physiology, entitled Précis de phisiologie. Volume 1 contains chapters on the heart, blood, circulation, lymphatic fluid, respiration, functions of the brain, and abdominal muscles. Volume 2 contains chapters on touch, smell, hearing, vision, taste, digestion, secretion of urine, and reproduction. Each volume includes a table of chapters and table of contents at the end.