Physiologie médicale de la Circulation du Sang basée sur l'Etude graphique des mouvements du Coeur et du Pouls artériel avec application aux maladies de l'appareil circulatoire [ Edition originale ]

1 vol. in-8 reliure demi-basane verte, Adrien Delahaye, Paris, 1863, VIII-568 pp. Edition originale de cet ouvrage qui, le premier, contient la reproduction d'un enregistrement du pouls. Précurseur en cardiologie, Jules Etienne Marey (1830-1904) fut également un pionnier en biomécanique et l'inventeur du chronophotographe. Bon exemplaire de ce rare ouvrage, dont la figure de l'enregistrement du pouls a été enrichie à l'époque de commentaires manuscrits. "Marey's central significance for the development of physiology in France lies in his adoption and advocacy of two fundamental techniques in experimental physiology : graphical recording and cinematography". [ . ] "During the first decade of his research career (1857-1867) Marey applied the technique of graphical recording to the study of the mechanics and hydraulics of the circulatory system, the heart beat, respiration, and muscle contraction in general. He analyzed the circulatory and muscular systems in terms of the physical variables, elasticity, resistance, and tonicity. With the graphical trace he established the relationship of heart rate and blood pressure, thus supplementing previous studies of the value of blood pressure in a vessel with traces of its waveform" (DSB, IX, 101). Good copy (the figure of the pulse recording was enriched at the time with handwritten comments).