Freud's Contribution to Evolutionary Biology
Über spinalganglien und Rückenmark des Petromyzon. Pp. 81-167, in Sitzungsberichte der der Kaiserlichen-Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe LXXVIII. Band. III Abtheilung. Jahrgang 1878.
Wien: aus der E.K. Hof.- und Staatsdruckerei in Commission bei Carl Gerold's Sohn, 1878.
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First edition of Freud's very rare third paper. With 4 folding lithographic plates by E. Schima after Freud. v, [1], 289 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Uncut, largely unopened. Bound in later green cloth, original front wrapper preserved. Grinstein 34. Jones I, pp. 52-53. Norman F3.
Item #221287
Freud's first significant scientific contribution, and third published paper, a study of evolutionary aspects of the spinal column of the lamprey. Freud's research documented evolutionary processes identified in the physical structure of the fish he was examining under his microscope. This work predates Waldeyer's 1891 publication of his monograph on the neuron, but Freud's pioneering research was overlooked. Ernest Jones observed, "It was not the only time that Freud narrowly missed world fame in early life through not daring to pursue his thoughts to their logical - and not far off - conclusion" (cited in Gay, Freud: A Life for our Time, p. 36).
Item #221287
Freud's first significant scientific contribution, and third published paper, a study of evolutionary aspects of the spinal column of the lamprey. Freud's research documented evolutionary processes identified in the physical structure of the fish he was examining under his microscope. This work predates Waldeyer's 1891 publication of his monograph on the neuron, but Freud's pioneering research was overlooked. Ernest Jones observed, "It was not the only time that Freud narrowly missed world fame in early life through not daring to pursue his thoughts to their logical - and not far off - conclusion" (cited in Gay, Freud: A Life for our Time, p. 36).
