The Mechanization of the Heart
Harvey and Descartes
1st Edition
Published on 14. May 2014
268 pages
978-1-58046-604-2 (ISBN)
Description
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 literature of the time and the influence both views had.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Rochester
United States
Edition type
Digital original
ISBN-13
978-1-58046-604-2 (9781580466042)
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10/2001
University of Rochester Press
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Content
Harvey and Descartes
The Galenic Paradigm and Its Crisis
William Harvey: The Vital Aspect of Circulation
The Mechanical Aspect of the Circulation: Descartes and His Followers
Vitalism and Mechanism between 1700 and 1850
A Look Ahead
The Galenic Paradigm and Its Crisis
William Harvey: The Vital Aspect of Circulation
The Mechanical Aspect of the Circulation: Descartes and His Followers
Vitalism and Mechanism between 1700 and 1850
A Look Ahead
