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Santorio Santori and the emergence of quantified medicine, 1614-1790 : corpuscularianism, technology and experimentation / Jonathan Barry, Fabrizio Bigotti, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Palgrave studies in medieval and early modern medicine
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Santorio, Santorio, 1561-1636.
- Santorio, Santorio.
- Santorio, Santorio, 1561-1636--Influence.
- Medicine--History--17th century.
- Medicine.
- History.
- Medicine--History--18th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white, and color).
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction - Fabrizio Bigotti and Jonathan Barry
- 2. Gears of an Inner Clock: Santorios Theory of Matter and its Applications - Fabrizio Bigotti
- 3. The Uncertainty of Medicine: Readings and Reactions to Santorio between Tradition and Reformation (1615-1721) - Fabiola Zurlini
- 4. Daniel Sennert's Response to Santorio Santori in the Light of Chymical Atomism - William R. Newman
- 5. Atoms, Mixture, and Temperament in Early Modern Medicine: The Alchemical and Mechanical Views of Sennert and Beeckman - Elisabeth Moreau
- 6. Regius between Santorio and Descartes: The Quantification and Mechanization of the Passions in Seventeenth-Century Medicine - Fabrizio Baldassarri
- 7. Santorio and Leibniz on Natural Immortality: The Question of Emergence and the Question of Emanative Causation - Andreas Blank
- 8. Santorio Santori on Plague: Ideas and Experience between Venice and Naples - Vivian Nutton and Silvana DAlessio
- 9. An inquisitive man, considering when and where he livd: Robert Boyle on Santorio Santori and Insensible Perspiration - Salvatore Ricciardo
- 10. Giovanni Alfonso Borelli and Santorio on the Explanation of Fevers - Fabio Zampieri
- 11. Bodies in Balance: Santorios Legacy in Baglivis Medicine - Luca Tonetti
- 12. Disputing Santorio: Johannes de Gorters Neurological Theory of Insensible Perspiration - Ruben Verwaal
- 13. The Influence of Santorio Santori on the Dietetics of Carl Linnaeus - Luciana Costa Lima Thomaz
- 14. Weighing Authority: Lavoisiers and Seguins Reassessment of Santorios Experiments on Transpiration - Francesca Antonelli.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Santorio Santori and the emergence of quantified medicine, 1614-1790.
- ISBN:
- 9783030795870
- 303079587X
- Publisher Number:
- 99990688527
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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