Article ID: CBB001021493

Daedalus sive mechanicus---Automaten und Maschinen an der Schnittstelle zwischen Mechanik und Medizin (2009)

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Automata have always held a particular fascination. Their history leads back to their mythical ancestors, whose destinies raise considerable ethical questions about the sense of technology and about the boundaries between nature and art. In the 16th century engineers, architects and also physicians discussed the status of the artes mechanicae` and the machines they produced or used. Useful, sometimes dangerous, amusing and elaborate artefacts liven up their texts. Together with wonderful automata we find there also orthopaedic stretching machines and artificial limbs, whose acceptance by medical practice was anything but a matter of course.

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Description On 16th-century discussions of automata and related medical technology such as orthopaedic stretching machines and artificial limbs.


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Authors & Contributors
Rippa-Bonati, Maurizio
Kaspar Beelen
Zampetti, Paolo
Ruth Ahnert
Barbara McGillivray
Mariona Coll Ardanuy
Concepts
Machines
Automata; robotics; cyborgs
Physiotherapy; mechanotherapy; prosthetics
Medicine
Technology
Orthopedics
Time Periods
16th century
Renaissance
19th century
15th century
17th century
Enlightenment
Places
Europe
Italy
Germany
Nuremberg (Germany)
London (England)
United States
Institutions
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg
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