Reproduction of the original: Physiological Researches on Life and Death by Xavier Bichat

This is a valuable treatise on the Mucous Membranes by Xavier Bichat, a French anatomist, and pathologist known as the father of modern histology.

Originally published in 1821.EXCERPT FROM A Treatise on the Anatomy and Physiology of the Mucous Membranes THE TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. The works of no medical writer deserve a more attentive perusal than those of the illustrious BICHAT.