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A Subtle and Mysterious Machine The Medical World of Walter Charleton (1619-1707) /

Walter Charleton (1619-1707) has been widely depicted as a natural philosopher whose intellectual career mirrored the intellectual ferment of the 'scientific revolution'. Instead of viewing him as a barometer of intellectual change, I examine the previously unexplored question of his ident...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Booth, Emily (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
Edición:1st ed. 2005.
Colección:Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 18
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Rewriting Walter Charleton: Physick and Natural Philosophy
  • 'The Alembic of Our Pen': Charleton's Identity as a Physician
  • 'The Animal Oeconomy': Natural History (1659) in the Context of English Physiology
  • 'The Republick of Letters': Charleton's Identity in the Royal Society & College of Physicians
  • Enquiries Into Human Nature (1680): Charleton's Anatomy and Physiology After the Royal Society
  • Three Anatomic Lectures (1683): Ways of Knowing and the Anatomical Body
  • Conclusions.