ANATOMY AND THE HUMAN SPECIES. LABAT, François... Lot 16

[ANATOMY AND THE HUMAN SPECIES]. LABAT, François de, Chevalier de Vivens (1687-1780) Memoir and reflections on the structure of the human body and on the human species in general. 24pp various formats, (s.l.n.d [Bordeaux]). On anatomy in general, the heart, on the principles of muscular movement, on the fetus, on cardiac nerves, on the corpus callosum, seat of the soul, on the various species among men. The contradictions of the anatomists pointed out by M. S, dispense us from entering into doubtful detail on the structure of our organs: the same applies to the geometrical calculations by which several great men have claimed to determine the forces of muscle and especially of the heart [ ] . The human species cannot therefore change absolutely speaking; varieties may arise from differences in cultivation, as with plants, but whatever care is taken to raise, instruct and polish men, they remain men as a cabbage remains a cabbage [...] .