Treatise on the venom of the viper, on the American poisons, and on the cherry laurel, and some other vegetable poisons : to which are annexed observations on the primitive structure of the animal body, different experiments on the reproduction of the nerves, and a description of a new canal of the eye / translated from the original French of Felix Fontana by Joseph Skinner.

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Fontana, Felice, 1730-1805.

Standardized Title:

Trattato del veleno della vipera, dé veleni americani, di quello del lauro-regio, e di altri veleni vegetabili. English

Language:

English

French

Italian

Subjects (All):

Poisonous snakes--Venom--Physiological effect.

Poisonous snakes.

Poisonous snakes--Venom.

Poisons--United States--Early works to 1800.

Poisons.

Poisons--Physiological effect.

Poisonous plants.

Human anatomy.

United States.

Physical Description:

2 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm

6x9 in.

monochrome

service copy

positive

Other Title:

Traité sur le vénin de la vipere, sur les poisons americans, sur le laurier-cerise et sur quelques autres poisons vegetaux.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for J. Murray, 1787.

Notes:

English translation from the French edition: Traité sur le vénin de la vipere, sur les poisons americans, sur le lauriuer-cerise et sur quelques autres poisons vegetaux.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Micro-opaque. New York : Readex Microprint, 1980. 11 cards ; 23 x 15 cm. (Landmarks II)

OCLC:

9003497