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The anatomy of sleep: or, the art of procuring sound and refreshing slumber at will / by Edward Binns.

Binns Edward, -1852., Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh · 1842 · London : John Churchill, 1842. · 8 pictures

A popular medical treatise on sleep and mesmerism by the physician Edward Binns, published by John Churchill in London in 1842 for general and professional readers. Wood-engraved anatomical cuts of the heart and other organs sit alongside a circular diagram mapping the animal kingdom, plus blind-stamped green cloth covers with strapwork borders; useful for hatched organ studies, classification charts, and Victorian binding ornament.

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