Book ID: CBB000320365

The Mechanization of the Heart: Harvey and Descartes (2001)

unapi

Fuchs, Thomas (Author)


University of Rochester Press


Publication Date: 2001
Edition Details: Translated by Grene, Marjorie Glicksman. Original title: Mechanisierung des Herzens
Physical Details: xviii + 247 pp.; bib.; index
Language: English

Reviewed By

Review Kidd, Randy Ryan (2002) Review of "The Mechanization of the Heart: Harvey and Descartes". Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences (p. 496). unapi

Citation URI
https://data.isiscb.org/isis/citation/CBB000320365/

Similar Citations

Chapter Bitbol-Hespériès, Annie; (2007)
Médecine et méthode chez Descartes (/isis/citation/CBB001022502/)

Article Peumery, Jean Jacques; (2003)
Cartésianisme et circulation sanguine (/isis/citation/CBB000932430/)

Chapter Grene, Marjorie; (2005)
Descartes and the Heart Beat: A Conservative Innovation (/isis/citation/CBB000651349/)

Chapter Grene, Marjorie; (1993)
The heart and blood: Descartes, Plemp, and Harvey (/isis/citation/CBB000056702/)

Thesis Alex Benjamin Shillito; (2019)
How the Heart Became Muscle: From René Descartes to Nicolas Steno (/isis/citation/CBB933754293/)

Article Smith, C. U. M.; (2013)
Cardiocentric Neurophysiology: The Persistence of a Delusion (/isis/citation/CBB001211264/)

Article Boyle, Marjorie O'Rourke; (2008)
Harvey in the Sluice: From Hydraulic Engineering to Human Physiology (/isis/citation/CBB000850071/)

Book Albarracín Teulón, Agustín; (2001)
El Movimiento del Corazón y la Sangre: Harvey (/isis/citation/CBB000358399/)

Thesis Tombs, George; (2003)
Man the Machine: A History of a Metaphor from Leonardo da Vinci to H. G. Wells (/isis/citation/CBB001562093/)

Article Bylebyl, Jerome J.; (1982)
Boyle and Harvey on the valves in the veins (/isis/citation/CBB000019078/)

Article Crignon, Claire; (2011)
La découverte de la circulation sanguine: révolution ou refonte? (/isis/citation/CBB001220553/)

Article Brandstetter, Thomas; (2007)
Herzpumpen. Wasserhebemaschinen um 1700 als Metaphern, Bilder und Strukturmodelle (/isis/citation/CBB001023524/)

Book Raphaele Andrault; (2016)
La Raison Des Corps: Mecanisme Et Sciences Medicales (/isis/citation/CBB538945258/)

Article Petrescu, Lucian; (2013)
Descartes on the Heartbeat: The Leuven Affair (/isis/citation/CBB001213906/)

Chapter Raymond, Dwayne; (2009)
Parmenidean Intuitions in Descartes' Theory of the Heart's Motion (/isis/citation/CBB001201158/)

Authors & Contributors
Grene, Marjorie Glicksman
Shillito, Alex Benjamin
Garau, Rodolfo
Smith, C. U. M.
Distelzweig, Peter
Bylebyl, Jerome J.
Journals
Gesnerus
Wiener Zeitschrift zur Geschichte der Neuzeit
Vesalius
Perspectives on Science
Journal of the History of the Neurosciences
History and Technology
Publishers
University of Ottawa (Canada)
McGill University (Canada)
Nivola Libros y Ediciones
Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin
University of South Florida
Yale University
Concepts
Heart
Circulation of the blood
Mechanism; mechanical philosophy
Medicine
Anatomy
Physiology
People
Harvey, William
Descartes, René
Galen
Vesalius, Andreas
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm von
Hobbes, Thomas
Time Periods
17th century
Early modern
18th century
16th century
Medieval
Ancient
Places
England
London (England)
France
Great Britain
Comments

Be the first to comment!

{{ comment.created_by.username }} on {{ comment.created_on | date:'medium' }}

Log in or register to comment