Santorio Santori and the emergence of quantified medicine, 1614-1790 : corpuscularianism, technology and experimentation /: corpuscularianism, technology and experimentation. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jonathan Barry, Fabrizio Bigotti.
• Editors: Barry, Jonathan, 1956-; Bigotti, Fabrizio, 1982-
• Contents: 1. Introduction - Fabrizio Bigotti and Jonathan Barry 2. 'Gears of an Inner Clock': Santorio's Theory of Matter and its Applications - Fabrizio Bigotti 3. The Uncertainty of Medicine: Readings and Reactions to Santorio between Tradition and Reformation (1615-1721) - Fabiola Zurlini 4. Daniel Sennert's Response to Santorio Santori in the Light of Chymical Atomism - William R. Newman 5. Atoms, Mixture, and Temperament in Early Modern Medicine: The Alchemical and Mechanical Views of Sennert and Beeckman - Elisabeth Moreau 6. Regius between Santorio and Descartes: The Quantification and Mechanization of the Passions in Seventeenth-Century Medicine - Fabrizio Baldassarri 7. Santorio and Leibniz on Natural Immortality: The Question of Emergence and the Question of Emanative Causation - Andreas Blank8. Santorio Santori on Plague: Ideas and Experience between Venice and Naples - Vivian Nutton and Silvana D'Alessio9. 'An inquisitive man, considering when and where he liv'd': Robert Boyle on Santorio Santori and Insensible Perspiration - Salvatore Ricciardo 10. Giovanni Alfonso Borelli and Santorio on the Explanation of Fevers - Fabio Zampieri11. Bodies in Balance: Santorio's Legacy in Baglivi's Medicine - Luca Tonetti12. Disputing Santorio: Johannes de Gorter's Neurological Theory of Insensible Perspiration - Ruben Verwaal 13. The Influence of Santorio Santori on the Dietetics of Carl Linnaeus - Luciana Costa Lima Thomaz14. Weighing Authority: Lavoisier's and Séguin's Reassessment of Santorio's Experiments on Transpiration - Francesca Antonelli.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 610.92; Medicine -- History -- 17th century; Medicine -- History -- 18th century; Influence
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030795870
• Related ISBNs: 9783030795863
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