"I follow Aristotle" how William Harvey discovered the circulation of the blood / Andrew Cunningham.
| Author/creator | Cunningham, Andrew |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | The history of medicine in context |
| Contents | Prologue. 'Nine years and more' : an overview of the story -- Aristotle's animal and the question of the soul -- Aristotle on the causes of the parts of animals -- Aristotle's animal in Padua : the anatomical investigations of Fabricius -- William Harvey : pupil, physician, professor -- William Harvey, searcher into the vegetative soul -- 'The wonderful circulation of the blood, first found out by me' -- Method and experiment -- 'The anatomy of the blood' : the blood as a new research object -- Precursing Aristotle : Why and how did we lose this Aristotle? -- Harvey and his historians : why and how did we lose this Harvey? |
| Abstract | "This book presents a new interpretation of how and why the discovery of the circulation of the blood in animals was made. It has long been known that the English physician William Harvey (1578-1657) was a follower of Aristotle, but his most strikingly 'modern' and original discovery - of the circulation of the blood - resulted from Harvey following Aristotle's ancient programme of investigation into animals. This is a new reading of the most important discovery ever made in anatomy by one man and produces not only a radical re-reading of Harvey as anatomist, but also of Aristotle and his investigations of animals"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Cunningham, Andrew. "I follow Aristotle" London ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022 9781032162232 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022002673 |
| ISBN | 9781003247616 (ebook) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
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