On Disorders of the Cerebral Circulation and on the Connection Between Affections of the Brain and Diseases of the Heart

Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1848. First American Edition.. Original publisher's black cloth.. Very good; cloth split along the front joint.. 8vo, xii, [1] - 216, 32 (adverts - dated 1855) pp. + 6 color plates of cerebral circulation.

Burrows studies showed that alterations in the cerebral circulation might be related to apoplexy. Burrows pursued the difficulties of identifying and examining circulation in the brain. Burrows correctly postulated that the cerebrospinal fluid was an important element in the contents of the cranium and that it (truncated) must be in constant relation to the quantity of blood. Burrows book is one of the few original works on the subject prior to the twentieth century. Garrison/McHenry - '... milestone in the study of cerebral vascular physiology.' (Inventory #: 566)