WOLLASTON, WILLIAM HYDE. - CYSTINE, THE FIRST AMINO ACID TO BE DISCOVERED.

On Cystic Oxide, a new species of Urinary Calculus. Read July 5, 1810.

(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1810). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1810 - Part I. Pp. 223-230. Light browning to first leaf. Wide-margined.

First appearance of this fundamental paper in the history of organic chemistry in which Wollaston announced his discovery of "Cystine", the very first of the amino acids, the building blocks of protein, to be discovered.

Wollaston "in 1812 (correct 1810) identified a new and rare type of stone, which he called "cystic oxide" since it occurred in the bladder. This was later renamed cystine, the first of the amino acids to be discovered. Fourcroy and Vauquelin reported similar investigations, but unaccountably gave no recognition to Wollaston. This led Alexander Marcet, a physician, to set matters right in a popular work dedicated to Wollaston."(DSB XIV, p. 492).

Garrison & Morton: 668.1.

Order-nr.: 45130