ARNOLD, George Christian - Thoughts on the Validity of the View That the Mother Influences the Development of Her Fetus Through ...

ARNOLD, George Christian - Thoughts on the Validity of the Opinion That the Mother Influences the Development of Her Fetus Through Imagination. Along with Some Related Observations. Essays 1–2. Leipzig 1775. Christian Gottlob Hilschern. 8, p. 111, [1]; [5], 118–208. Bound together with the aforementioned work.
E. 12, 223. Minor stains; uncut copy. A two-part, rare medical treatise by a native of Leszno who practiced primarily in Warsaw (“Hebammenkunst Praktikus”) Jerzy Chrystian Arnold (1747–1827), a physician, surgeon, and historian of science, a member of the Warsaw Society of Friends of the Sciences, the Krakow Scientific Society, and the Vienna Scientific Society, devoted to the theory of heredity and the potential influence of a mother’s behavior and psychological experiences on her unborn child.
J. C. Arnold (1747 (Leszno)–1827 (Warsaw))—physician, surgeon, and historian of science. He studied in Leszno and Gdańsk. He completed his medical studies at the University of Leipzig, earning his doctorate in medicine (Dr. med.) in 1768. He practiced medicine in Poznań before settling in Warsaw in 1777, where he was granted residency. From 1807 to 1817, he was a member of the Medical Council of the Duchy of Warsaw. He was the author of the first bibliography on natural history and medicine, which included a list of herbariums and other works containing descriptions of the fauna and flora of the Polish lands.