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Historical Bibliography Updated: January 30, 2019

The anatomy of sleep; or, the art of procuring sound and refreshing slumber at will.

Publication Details

London: John Churchill, 1842 CE.

This semi-popular work was one of the first scientific studies of sleep. It was also the first book typeset by a mechanical typesetting machine, rather than hand-set type. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link. For further information see the entry at HistoryofInformation.com at this link.

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#7001
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/9167
External URLthe-anatomy-of-sleep-or-the-art-of-procruring-sound-and-refreshing-slumber-at-will

Geographic Context

Publication place: London