JOURDANET, Denis. Influence de la pression de l'air sur la vie de l'homme . Paris: G. Masson, 1876. 2 volumes (including plate volume), 4 o (282 x 193 mm). Numerous maps and plates. Contemporary French red quarter morocco gilt, marbled boards, t.e.g. Provenance : Paul Bert (1833-1886), author and leading figure in altitude physiology (presentation inscription from the author on front flyleaf: " Mr. le Professeur Paul Bert Hommage affectueux D. Jourdanet"). Second edition, PRESENTATION COPY TO HIS COLLEAGUE IN ALTITUDE PHYSIOLOGY, PAUL BERT. Norman 1182. [ With :] BERT, Paul (1833-1886). La pression baromtrique . Paris: G. Masson, 1878. 8 o (242 x 149 mm). Numerous illustrations in text. Original maroon cloth (faded and rubbed). Provenance : Dr. E. Letersec, Mdecin de la Marine, Brest (ink stamp on flyleaf). FIRST EDITION OF "THE GREATEST WORK IN THE HISTORY OF ALTITUDE PHYSIOLOGY, in which Bert proved that the principal symptoms of altitude sickness arise from reduced partial pressure of oxygen and not from diminution of total pressure" (Garrison-Morton). En franais dans le texte 305; Garrison-Morton 944; Grolier Medicine 77; Norman 218. (3)
JOURDANET, Denis. Influence de la pression de l'air sur la vie de l'homme . Paris: G. Masson, 1876. 2 volumes (including plate volume), 4 o (282 x 193 mm). Numerous maps and plates. Contemporary French red quarter morocco gilt, marbled boards, t.e.g. Provenance : Paul Bert (1833-1886), author and leading figure in altitude physiology (presentation inscription from the author on front flyleaf: " Mr. le Professeur Paul Bert Hommage affectueux D. Jourdanet"). Second edition, PRESENTATION COPY TO HIS COLLEAGUE IN ALTITUDE PHYSIOLOGY, PAUL BERT. Norman 1182. [ With :] BERT, Paul (1833-1886). La pression baromtrique . Paris: G. Masson, 1878. 8 o (242 x 149 mm). Numerous illustrations in text. Original maroon cloth (faded and rubbed). Provenance : Dr. E. Letersec, Mdecin de la Marine, Brest (ink stamp on flyleaf). FIRST EDITION OF "THE GREATEST WORK IN THE HISTORY OF ALTITUDE PHYSIOLOGY, in which Bert proved that the principal symptoms of altitude sickness arise from reduced partial pressure of oxygen and not from diminution of total pressure" (Garrison-Morton). En franais dans le texte 305; Garrison-Morton 944; Grolier Medicine 77; Norman 218. (3)
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