Philosophical inquiries into the laws of animal life
Subtitle: in six chapters
By: by Hugh Smith, M.D. ...
Publisher: Printed for L. Davis ... [and 6 others
Published: 1780
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Notes: Each chapter (i.e. part) has separate pagination; OONL copy has Ch. 1-2 only.

"With a view to shew the probability of air being the first cause of motion in animal life; to point out the mechanical causes that concur in producing the circulation of the blood; and to explain the laws of respiration. These inquiries are supported by experiments, and founded on the principles delivered in a course of philosophical lectures, in the beginning of the year 1778. The principles are set forth in the author's syllabus."

Signatures: [A]² B-H², ²[A]² ²B-H² (Ch. 1-2).

Pagination: [4], 28, 31, [1] p. (Ch. 1-2).

Includes bibliographical references (BLC, v. 305, pages 388; NUC pre-1956, v. 551, p. 315).