Etienne-jules Marey, 1859

Étienne-Jules Marey, Faculty of Medicine of Paris, N° 45, Thesis for the doctorate in medicine, Presented and defended on March 4, 1859, by Étienne-Jules Marey, born in Beaune (Côte-d'Or), Intern in Medicine and in Surgery of the Civil Hospitals of Paris, Bronze Medal of Hospitals (1854, 1858), Member of the Anatomical Society, Research on the circulation of blood in the physiological state and in diseases, The Candidate will answer the questions that will be made on the various parts of medical education, Paris, 31, rue Monsieur-le-Prince, Rignoux, printer of the Faculty of Medicine, 1859, 119 p. Bound with: "On the use of the sphygmograph in the diagnosis of valvular affections of the heart and aneurysms of the arteries, by M. Marey", Minutes of the sessions of the Academy of Sciences, session of Monday, November 26, 1860, printed at part, 4 p., Paris, impr. Mallet-Bachelor. Engravings in the text. In-4°, modern bradel half red shagreen binding. Ex-libris of doctor Paul Lorain, friend of Marey. Extremely rare copy of the doctoral thesis defended in 1859 by the doctor Etienne-Jules Marey, future inventor of the technique of cinema. When it came out, the physiologist Donders rightly proclaimed that this thesis was “the revelation of a real star”. Marey's very first research, presented here, will allow him to develop his first device, the sphygmograph. Beautiful condition.