Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 247 pages) |
Series |
Rochester studies in medical history, 1526-2715 |
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Rochester studies in medical history. 1526-2715
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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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Print version record |
Subject |
Descartes, René, 1596-1650.
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Harvey, William, 1578-1657.
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SUBJECT |
Descartes, René, 1596-1650 |
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Harvey, William, 1578-1657 |
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Descartes, René, 1596-1650 fast |
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Harvey, William, 1578-1657 fast |
Subject |
Cardiology -- History -- 17th century
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Heart -- History -- 17th century
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Blood -- Circulation -- History -- 17th century
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Medicine -- History -- 17th century.
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Cardiology -- history
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Blood Circulation -- physiology
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Heart -- physiology
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History, 17th Century
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MEDICAL -- Physiology.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Human Anatomy & Physiology.
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HISTORY -- Modern -- 17th Century.
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Medicine
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Blood -- Circulation
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Cardiology
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Heart
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Bloedvaten.
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Hart en bloedvaten.
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Vitalisme (filosofie)
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Mechanisering.
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Grene, Marjorie, 1910-2009.
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ISBN |
9781580466042 |
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1580466044 |
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1281382841 |
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9781281382849 |
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9786611382841 |
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6611382844 |
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