UID:
almahu_9949420126602882
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 180 pages) :
,
illustrations.
ISBN:
9781003247616
,
100324761X
,
9781000610772
,
1000610772
,
9781000610796
,
1000610799
Series Statement:
The history of medicine in context
Content:
"This book presents a new interpretation of how and why the discovery of the circulation of the blood in animals was made. It has long been known that the English physician William Harvey (1578-1657) was a follower of Aristotle, but his most strikingly 'modern' and original discovery - of the circulation of the blood - resulted from Harvey following Aristotle's ancient programme of investigation into animals. This is a new reading of the most important discovery ever made in anatomy by one man and produces not only a radical re-reading of Harvey as anatomist, but also of Aristotle and his investigations of animals"--
Note:
Prologue. 'Nine years and more' : an overview of the story -- Aristotle's animal and the question of the soul -- Aristotle on the causes of the parts of animals -- Aristotle's animal in Padua : the anatomical investigations of Fabricius -- William Harvey : pupil, physician, professor -- William Harvey, searcher into the vegetative soul -- 'The wonderful circulation of the blood, first found out by me' -- Method and experiment -- 'The anatomy of the blood' : the blood as a new research object -- Precursing Aristotle : Why and how did we lose this Aristotle? -- Harvey and his historians : why and how did we lose this Harvey?
Additional Edition:
Print version: Cunningham, Andrew. "I follow Aristotle" Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022 ISBN 9781032162232
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
;
Biographies.
;
History.
DOI:
10.4324/9781003247616
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003247616
