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Machines of the Body in the Seventeenth Century (2016)

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This essay discusses the role of new mechanical devices put forward in the seventeenth century in anatomy and pathology, showing how several of those devices were promptly deployed in anatomical investigations. I also discuss the role of dead bodies as boundary objects between living bodies and machines, highlighting their problematic status in experimentation and vivisection.

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Book Benjamin Goldberg; Peter Distelzweig; Evan R. Ragland (2015) Early Modern Medicine and Natural Philosophy. unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Guerrini, Anita
De Ceglia, Francesco Paolo
Korobili, Giouli
Bates, Alan W.H.
Devriese, Lisa
Francesco M. Galassi
Concepts
Anatomy
Medicine
Dissection
Death
Pathology
Forensic medicine
Time Periods
17th century
Early modern
Renaissance
18th century
Medieval
19th century
Places
Europe
Italy
France
England
Naples (Italy)
London (England)
Institutions
University of Padua
Académie des Sciences, Paris
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