Bernard,C. Lot n° 33

Four papers on his fundamental research on the function of the liver, in first printings, published in: Compte Rendu des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris 1850-1857. 4°. Stapled together with staple strips, in mod. Lwd. cassette. Present: Sur une nouvelle fonction du foie chez l'homme et les animaux. C.R., 1850, 2me Semestre (T. XXXI, No. 17). Pp. 571-574 (prev. p. 569-576). - Sur le mécanisme de la formation du sucre dans la foie. C.R., 1855, 2me Semestre (T. XLI, No 13). Pp. 461-469 (prov. to p. 476). - Sur le m#ecanisme physiologique de la formation du sucre dans le foie. C.R., 1857, 1er Semestre. (T. XLIV, No. 12), pp. 578-586 (prev. pp. 577-592). - Remarques sur la formation de la matière glycogène du foie. Ibda. T. XLIV, No. 26, 1857. pp. 1325-1331 - partly uncut, last but one page with marginal tear. Bl. with marginal tear. - Claude Bernard (1813-1876) was a professor at the Sorbonne and the College de France. Among many other things, he discovered the function of pancreatic secretion for fat digestion from the pancreas, researched the metabolism of the liver and its importance in digestive processes, and discovered glycogen. - Partly stained and browned.