Book ID: CBB001252880

Blood, Sweat, and Tears: The Changing Concepts of Physiology from Antiquity into Early Modern Europe (2012)

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Horstmanshoff, H. F. J. (Editor)
King, Helen (Editor)
Zittel, Claus (Editor)


Brill


Publication Date: 2012
Physical Details: xxvi + 772 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

The history of anatomy has been the subject of much recent scholarship. This volume shifts the focus to the many different ways in which the function of the body and its fluids were understood in pre-modern European thought. Contributors demonstrate how different academic disciplines can contribute to our understanding of `physiology', and investigate the value of this category to pre-modern medicine. The book contains individual essays on the wider issues raised by `physiology', and detailed case studies that explore particular aspects and individuals. It will be useful to those working on medicine and the body in pre-modern cultures, in disciplines including classics, history of medicine and science, philosophy, and literature.

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Description The book is divided into 5 parts: “History of Physiology in Context: Concepts, Metaphors,” “Analogies,” “Blood, Sweat and Skin,” “Tears and Sight,” and “Body and Soul.” Contributors: Helen King, Vivian Nutton, Liba Taub, Elizabeth Craik, Fabio Tutrone, Michael R. McVaugh, Sergius Kodera, Sabine Kalff, Rina Knoeff, Tamas Demeter, Daniel Schafer, Tomas Macsotay, Hans L. Haak, Barbara Baert, Liesbet Kusters, Emma Sidgwick, Rainer Bromer, Karine van't Land, Catrien Santing, Barbara Orland, Valeria Gavrylenko, Michael Stolberg, Mieneke te Hennepe, Veronique Boudon-Millot, Katrien Vanagt, Frank W. Stahnisch, Julius Rocca, Marlen Bidwell-Steiner, Marion A. Wells and Diana Stanciu.


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Review Andrew Wear (2015) Review of "Blood, Sweat, and Tears: The Changing Concepts of Physiology from Antiquity into Early Modern Europe". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 891-892). unapi

Review Cook, Harold John (2015) Review of "Blood, Sweat, and Tears: The Changing Concepts of Physiology from Antiquity into Early Modern Europe". Renaissance Quarterly (pp. 980-982). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Bondio, Mariacarla Gadebusch
Baldassarri, Fabrizio
Vincenti, Denise
Maria Paola Zanoboni
Beneduce, Chiara
Pittalis, Edoardo
Concepts
Medicine
Physiology
Anatomy
Blood
Medicine, general histories
Disease and diseases
Time Periods
Early modern
Medieval
17th century
18th century
Ancient
19th century
Places
Europe
Italy
China
South America
United States
North America
Institutions
Accademia del Cimento, Florence
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