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Author Fuchs, Thomas, 1958-

Title The mechanization of the heart : Harvey and Descartes / Thomas Fuchs ; translated from the German by Marjorie Grene
Published Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 247 pages)
Series Rochester studies in medical history, 1526-2715
Rochester studies in medical history. 1526-2715
Contents Havery and Descartes -- The Galenic paradigm and its crisis -- The vital aspect of the circulation: William Harvey -- The mechanical aspect of the circulation: Descartes and his followers -- Vitalism and mechanism between 1700 and 1850 -- A look ahead
Summary In Mechanization of the Heart: Harvey and Descartes Thomas Fuchs discusses the similarities and differences of the views of the two seventeenth-century scholars William Harvey and Rene Descartes on the beart and circulationof the blood; Fuch traces the reception of the two views in the medical literature of the time and the influence both views had
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-241) and index
Notes English
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Subject Descartes, René, 1596-1650.
Harvey, William, 1578-1657.
SUBJECT Descartes, René, 1596-1650
Harvey, William, 1578-1657
Descartes, René, 1596-1650 fast
Harvey, William, 1578-1657 fast
Subject Cardiology -- History -- 17th century
Heart -- History -- 17th century
Blood -- Circulation -- History -- 17th century
Medicine -- History -- 17th century.
Cardiology -- history
Blood Circulation -- physiology
Heart -- physiology
History, 17th Century
MEDICAL -- Physiology.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Human Anatomy & Physiology.
HISTORY -- Modern -- 17th Century.
Medicine
Blood -- Circulation
Cardiology
Heart
Bloedvaten.
Hart en bloedvaten.
Vitalisme (filosofie)
Mechanisering.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Grene, Marjorie, 1910-2009.
ISBN 9781580466042
1580466044
1281382841
9781281382849
9786611382841
6611382844
Other Titles Mechanisierung des Herzens. English