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.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.