Andrew Cunningham

'I Follow Aristotle'

How William Harvey Discovered the Circulation of the Blood

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a new interpretation of how and why the discovery of the circulation of the blood in animals was made.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 277g
• ISBN-13: 9781032162249
• ISBN-10: 1032162244
• Artikelnr.: 69923640

Autorenporträt

Andrew Cunningham was for many years Wellcome Trust Lecturer and then Senior Research Fellow in the History of Medicine in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Cambridge University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Prologue. 'Nine years and more': an overview of the story
Introduction
Chapter 1. Aristotle's animal and the question of the soul
Chapter 2. Aristotle On the causes of the parts of animals
Chapter 3. Aristotle's animal in Padua: the anatomical investigations of Fabricius
Chapter 4. William Harvey: pupil, physician, Professor
Chapter 5. William Harvey, searcher into the vegetative soul
Chapter 6. 'The wonderful circulation of the blood, first found out by me'
Chapter 7. Method and experiment
Chapter 8. 'The anatomy of the blood': the blood as a new research object
Chapter 9. Precursing Aristotle: Why and how did we lose this Aristotle?
Chapter 10. Harvey and his historians: Why and how did we lose this Harvey?
Appendix: English or Latin?
Bibliography

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Preface / Prologue. 'Nine years and more': an overview of the story / Introduction / Chapter 1. Aristotle's animal and the question of the soul / Chapter 2. Aristotle On the causes of the parts of animals / Chapter 3. Aristotle's animal in Padua: the anatomical investigations of Fabricius / Chapter 4. William Harvey: pupil, physician, Professor / Chapter 5. William Harvey, searcher into the vegetative soul / Chapter 6. 'The wonderful circulation of the blood, first found out by me' / Chapter 7. Method and experiment / Chapter 8. 'The anatomy of the blood': the blood as a new research object / Chapter 9. Precursing Aristotle: Why and how did we lose this Aristotle? / Chapter 10. Harvey and his historians: Why and how did we lose this Harvey? / Appendix: English or Latin? / Bibliography