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

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

المؤلف
S. Gaukroger
سنة النشر
2005
الناشر
Springer
لغة الملف
انكليزي
نوع الملف
Book
تصنيف الكتاب
Social Science

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 identity as a physician. Examining three of his vernacular medical texts, this volume considers Charleton’s thoughts on anatomy, physiology and the methods by which he sought to understand the invisible processes of the body.


الكلمات المفتاحية: Humanities, Social Science and Law / Anatomy / Evolution / Natural philosophy / Philosophy / Physiology