New York & London, Columbia University Press, 1963
The birth of neuroendocrinology. First edition and a very attractive copy of this 'seminal, comprehensive monograph' by the founders of neuroendocrinology, the study of how the nervous system and body interact via the release of hormones (Ogilvie, Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science, p. 1158). From the library of prominent American psychologist Henry Guze, with his ownership inscription on the front endpapers.
'There are very few scientists whose discoveries have marked the advent of a new discipline. Berta Scharrer was one of these pioneers. Her scientific career was crowned with great success. The concept of neurosecretion (the storage, synthesis and release of hormones from neurons) developed by Ernst and Berta Scharrer between 1928 and 1937 formed the foundation for contemporary neuroendocrinology... Today we know that secretory nerve cells are widely distributed over the whole nervous system' and 'serve to maintain the organism and preserve the species' (Ogilvie). Scharrer was the recipient of honorary degrees from eleven institutions, including Harvard, and received the National Medal of the Science of the United States.
The previous owner of this copy, Henry Guze, 'specialized in psychosomatic illness, schizophrenia and disorders of sexual behavior. He was a founder of The American Academy of Psychotherapists and the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis and co‐founder and former president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex' (New York Times obituary, July 4, 1970).
First edition, first printing; 8vo; 3 plates, with further illustrations and diagrams within the text; original teal cloth, title to spine gilt on light blue ground, publisher's roundel to upper board in blind, with the dust jacket that is lightly rubbed and faded along the spine panel with two short closed tears to the upper panel and light dampstain affecting the lower panel, excellent condition; 289pp.
'There are very few scientists whose discoveries have marked the advent of a new discipline. Berta Scharrer was one of these pioneers. Her scientific career was crowned with great success. The concept of neurosecretion (the storage, synthesis and release of hormones from neurons) developed by Ernst and Berta Scharrer between 1928 and 1937 formed the foundation for contemporary neuroendocrinology... Today we know that secretory nerve cells are widely distributed over the whole nervous system' and 'serve to maintain the organism and preserve the species' (Ogilvie). Scharrer was the recipient of honorary degrees from eleven institutions, including Harvard, and received the National Medal of the Science of the United States.
The previous owner of this copy, Henry Guze, 'specialized in psychosomatic illness, schizophrenia and disorders of sexual behavior. He was a founder of The American Academy of Psychotherapists and the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis and co‐founder and former president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex' (New York Times obituary, July 4, 1970).
First edition, first printing; 8vo; 3 plates, with further illustrations and diagrams within the text; original teal cloth, title to spine gilt on light blue ground, publisher's roundel to upper board in blind, with the dust jacket that is lightly rubbed and faded along the spine panel with two short closed tears to the upper panel and light dampstain affecting the lower panel, excellent condition; 289pp.
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