Format:
1 online resource (440 pages)
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ISBN:
9783030795870
Series Statement:
Palgrave Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Medicine Ser.
Content:
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1 A Tale of Oblivion and Rebirth -- 2 Santorio's Life and Works -- 2.1 Early Life, Travels and Setting in Venice (1561-1593) -- 2.2 Between Venice and Padua (1593-1611) -- 2.3 The Ars de Statica Medicina and the Obizzi Controversy (1614-1615) -- 2.4 President of the Collegio Veneto and Resignation from the Chair of Medicine (1616-1624) -- 2.5 The Final Years 1625-1636 -- 3 'Not that Close': The Problematic Relations Between Santorio and Galileo -- 4 New Instruments for a New Medicine -- 5 Outlines for a Conclusion -- Chapter 2: 'Gears of an Inner Clock': Santorio's Theory of Matter and Its Applications -- 1 Purpose, Context and Development of Santorio's Natural Philosophy -- 1.1 Preliminary Considerations -- 1.2 Historical Development -- 2 The Architecture of the Theory -- 2.1 Rudio's Criticisms and the Link to Occult Qualities -- 2.2 In Defence of Method -- 2.3 Experiments on the Generation of Qualities -- 2.4 'Situs', 'Figura', 'Numerus' -- 2.5 Further Developments: The Role of Particles and the Vortex -- 2.6 The Role of Substantial Form -- 3 Limits, Strengths and Applications -- 3.1 A New Concept of Digestion -- 3.2 Application to 'Medicina Statica' -- 3.3 Mixtures -- 3.4 Application to Natural Philosophy and Diagnosis -- 3.5 Applications to Technology -- 4 Conclusions -- Chapter 3: The Uncertainty of Medicine: Readings and Reactions to Santorio Between Tradition and Reformation (1615-1721) -- 1 The Philosophical and Cultural Backdrop of Obizzi's Polemic -- 2 Obizzi's Motifs and Arguments in the 'Staticomastix' -- 3 Leonardo Di Capua: Uncertainty as Intrinsic to Medical Practice -- 4 Santorio in England: Popular and Learned Criticisms -- 5 Conclusions.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783030795863
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Santorio Santori and the emergence of quantified medicine, 1614-1790 Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022 ISBN 9783030795863
Language:
English
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