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Bodily Fluids, Chemistry and Medicine in the Eighteenth-Century Boerhaave School
Inbunden, 2020
1468 kr
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This book explores the importance of bodily fluids to the development of medical knowledge in the eighteenth century. While the historiography has focused on the role of anatomy, this study shows that the chemical analyses of bodily fluids in the Dutch Republic radically altered perceptions of the …
Bodily Fluids, Chemistry and Medicine in the Eighteenth-Century Boerhaave School
Häftad, 2021
1468 kr
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This book explores the importance of bodily fluids to the development of medical knowledge in the eighteenth century. While the historiography has focused on the role of anatomy, this study shows that the chemical analyses of bodily fluids in the Dutch Republic radically altered perceptions of the …
Santorio Santori and the Emergence of Quantified Medicine, 1614-1790
Corpuscularianism, Technology and Experimentation
Av Jonathan Barry, Fabrizio Bigotti
Inbunden, 2022
1355 kr
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This book examines the life and works of Santorio Santori and his impact on the history of medicine and natural philosophy. Reputed as the father of experimental medicine and procedures, he is also known for his invention of numerous scientific instruments, including early precision medical devices …
Santorio Santori and the Emergence of Quantified Medicine, 1614-1790
Corpuscularianism, Technology and Experimentation
Av Jonathan Barry, Fabrizio Bigotti
Häftad, 2023
1355 kr
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This book examines the life and works of Santorio Santori and his impact on the history of medicine and natural philosophy. Reputed as the father of experimental medicine and procedures, he is also known for his invention of numerous scientific instruments, including early precision medical devices …
Medical World of Margaret Cavendish
A Critical Edition
Av Justin Begley, Benjamin Goldberg
Inbunden, 2023
1316 kr
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This book is the first transcription and extensive commentary on a fascinating but almost entirely overlooked manuscript compilation of medical recipes and letters, which is held in the University of Nottingham. Collected by the Marquess and Marchioness of Newcastle, William and Margaret Cavendish, …
Medical World of Margaret Cavendish
A Critical Edition
Av Justin Begley, Benjamin Goldberg
Häftad, 2024
1316 kr
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This book is the first transcription and extensive commentary on a fascinating but almost entirely overlooked manuscript compilation of medical recipes and letters, which is held in the University of Nottingham. Collected by the Marquess and Marchioness of Newcastle, William and Margaret Cavendish, …
Roger Bacon and the Incorruptible Human, 1220-1292
Alchemy, Pharmacology and the Desire to Prolong Life
Inbunden, 2023
1643 kr
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This book examines the Franciscan alchemist Roger Bacon’s (1220-1292) interest in the role of alchemy in medicine, and how this interest connected with the thirteenth-century milieu in which he was writing. Though twelfth-century Latin alchemy had largely been concerned with transmuting base metals …
Roger Bacon and the Incorruptible Human, 1220-1292
Alchemy, Pharmacology and the Desire to Prolong Life
Häftad, 2024
1643 kr
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This book examines the Franciscan alchemist Roger Bacon’s (1220-1292) interest in the role of alchemy in medicine, and how this interest connected with the thirteenth-century milieu in which he was writing. Though twelfth-century Latin alchemy had largely been concerned with transmuting base metals …
Quantification of Life and Health from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century
Intersections of Medicine and Philosophy
Av Simone Guidi, Joaquim Braga
Inbunden, 2023
1970 kr
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This edited volume explores the intersection of medicine and philosophy throughout history, calling attention to the role of quantification in understanding the medical body. Retracing current trends and debates to examine the quantification of the body throughout the early modern, modern and early …
Quantification of Life and Health from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century
Intersections of Medicine and Philosophy
Av Simone Guidi, Joaquim Braga
Häftad, 2024
1643 kr
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This edited volume explores the intersection of medicine and philosophy throughout history, calling attention to the role of quantification in understanding the medical body. Retracing current trends and debates to examine the quantification of the body throughout the early modern, modern and early …
Albert the Great (c. 1193–1280) and the Configuration of the Embryo
Virtus Formativa
Inbunden, 2023
1425 kr
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This book provides the first comprehensive treatment of Albert the Great’s (c. 1193–1280) notion of virtus formativa, a shaping force responsible for crucial dynamics in the formation of living beings. Crossing the boundaries between theology and philosophy, the notion of virtus formativa, or …
Albert the Great (c. 1193–1280) and the Configuration of the Embryo
Virtus Formativa
Häftad, 2024
1425 kr
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This book provides the first comprehensive treatment of Albert the Great’s (c. 1193–1280) notion of virtus formativa, a shaping force responsible for crucial dynamics in the formation of living beings. Crossing the boundaries between theology and philosophy, the notion of virtus formativa, or …
Understanding and Responding to the French Pox in Frankfurt am Main and Nuremberg, 1495–1700
Contagion, Practicality, and Morality
Inbunden, 2027
1694 kr
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This book traces how city councils, medical practitioners, and urban society developed their understandings of and responses to the ‘French pox,’ a pandemic that swept through Europe during the winter of 1494–1495, and is now more commonly known as syphilis. Focusing on the disease in Frankfurt am …
Hylomorphism into Pieces
Elements, Atoms, and Corpuscles in Natural Philosophy and Medicine, 1400–1600
Av Nicola Polloni, Sylvain Roudaut
Inbunden, 2024
1425 kr
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Focussing on late medieval and early modern philosophy and medicine, this edited collection explores the replacement of hylomorphism—the dominant theory of bodies in the Middle Ages—with new theories of matter such as corpuscularianism and atomism at the dawn of the Modern period. Together, the …
Hylomorphism into Pieces
Elements, Atoms, and Corpuscles in Natural Philosophy and Medicine, 1400–1600
Av Nicola Polloni, Sylvain Roudaut
Häftad, 2025
1425 kr
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Focussing on late medieval and early modern philosophy and medicine, this edited collection explores the replacement of hylomorphism—the dominant theory of bodies in the Middle Ages—with new theories of matter such as corpuscularianism and atomism at the dawn of the Modern period. Together, the …
Dante and the Sciences of the Human
Medicine, Physics, and the Soul
Av Matteo Pace
Inbunden, 2024
1580 kr
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This edited collection explores Dante Alighieri’s contribution to medical, scientific, and spiritual thought in medieval and early modern times. The chapters address how Dante shaped an understanding of the human body and mind, his relationship with medical and scientific thought in his literary …
Dante and the Sciences of the Human
Medicine, Physics, and the Soul
Av Matteo Pace
Häftad, 2025
1580 kr
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This edited collection explores Dante Alighieri’s contribution to medical, scientific, and spiritual thought in medieval and early modern times. The chapters address how Dante shaped an understanding of the human body and mind, his relationship with medical and scientific thought in his literary …
Andreas Vesalius and his Fabrica, 1537-1564
Changing the World of Anatomy
Inbunden, 2024
1580 kr
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This monograph presents a study of the most significant book in the history of anatomy, Fleming Andreas Vesalius’ (1514-1564) De humani corporis fabrica. Vesalius’ Fabrica was immediately recognised as changing the view of the human body when it was published in 1543, and it remains iconic today. …
Andreas Vesalius and his Fabrica, 1537-1564
Changing the World of Anatomy
Häftad, 2025
1580 kr
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This monograph presents a study of the most significant book in the history of anatomy, Fleming Andreas Vesalius’ (1514-1564) De humani corporis fabrica. Vesalius’ Fabrica was immediately recognised as changing the view of the human body when it was published in 1543, and it remains iconic today. …
‘Kiss’ and the Medicine of Love
A Critical Edition of Francesco Patrizi’s Il Delfino
Inbunden, 2025
545 kr
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This is a revised critical edition of philosopher and scientist, Francesco Patrizi's manuscript, Il Delfino, overo del bacio (c.1555), with an English translation and commentary. Il Delfino, or ‘The Kiss’ survives in a single manuscript, compiled by an assistant and interspersed with autograph …
‘Kiss’ and the Medicine of Love
A Critical Edition of Francesco Patrizi’s Il Delfino
Häftad, 2026
545 kr
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This is a revised critical edition of philosopher and scientist, Francesco Patrizi's manuscript, Il Delfino, overo del bacio (c.1555), with an English translation and commentary. Il Delfino, or ‘The Kiss’ survives in a single manuscript, compiled by an assistant and interspersed with autograph …
Medicine and the Body in Early Modern Europe
Inbunden, 2025
1468 kr
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This volume brings together essays on a wide range of topics, from the popular notion of ‘climacterical’ years believed to recur every seventh year, and the origins and development of the concept of ‘palliative’ care in premodern medicine, to the early modern understanding of ‘melancholia’ as a …
Automata, Cyborgs, and Mutants
Eccentric Bodies from Humanism to Transhumanism
Av Jil Muller
Inbunden, 2026
1643 kr
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What does it mean to be human in an age of rapid technological advancement? Are we on the brink of transcending our biological limitations, or are we losing touch with the essence of what it means to be human? Emerging technologies challenge our understanding of identity, ethics, and …
Galen's Remedies in the Early Modern Period
Traditions, Theories, Transformations, and Trades (1400-1750)
Av Fabrizio Bigotti, John Wilkins
Inbunden, 2026
1693 kr
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Surviving the demise of his humoral pathology and anatomy, Galen’s works on simple and compound remedies (the so-called ‘galenicals’) formed the backbone of Western pharmacology up until the Industrial Revolution. Over its long and multicultural tradition—spanning the Roman Empire and Byzantium, …
Pliny the Elder from the Roman Empire to the Renaissance
The Natural History and its Impact on Medicine
Av Gabriel A. F. Silva, Paolo Garofalo m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
1776 kr
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This book offers a more comprehensive exploration of Pliny the Elder’s contribution to ancient medicine as preserved in his Natural History, reassessing its role within Greek and Roman medical traditions and tracing the transmission of Pliny's medical material across antiquity, late antiquity, the …
Quantification and Measurement in British Health Advice, c. 1670–1830
Diet, Exercise, and Body Weight in Iatromechanics
Inbunden, 2026
569 kr
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This open access book explores how medical advice on diet, exercise, and body weight evolved in Britain between 1670 and 1830. Focusing on the growing use of measurement and quantification, it shows how ideas of a ‘healthy’ body were defined and debated in medical literature. Bringing together …
