The mechanization of the heart : Harvey and Descartes /

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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 liter...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fuchs, Thomas, 1958-
Other Authors: Grene, Marjorie, 1910-2009
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Alemán
Published: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2001.
Series:Rochester studies in medical history.
Subjects:
Descartes, René, > 1596-1650.
Harvey, William, > 1578-1657.
Descartes, René, > 1596-1650
Harvey, William, > 1578-1657
1600-1699
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
Cardiologie > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Cœur > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Sang > Circulation > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 17e siècle.
MEDICAL > Physiology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Human Anatomy & Physiology.
HISTORY > Modern > 17th Century.
Medicine
Blood > Circulation
Cardiology
Heart
Bloedvaten.
Hart en bloedvaten.
Vitalisme (filosofie)
Mechanisering.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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