The physiology of mechanism of blushing illustrative of the influence of mental emotion on the capillary circulation ; with a general view of the sympathies, and the organic relations of those structures with which they seem to be connected

Thomas H Burgess

John Churchill, 1839

1st ed. Inscribed by author, "To Dr. Gray, with the author's kind regards." Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. 16 pp of ads., viii, 202 p. Minor hand soiling. The first generally recognized scientific account of blushing.  An influential book that impacted Darwin's writings on emotion.