Academic Theories of Generation in the Renaissance : The Contemporaries and Successors of Jean Fernel (1497-1558)
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Linda Deer Richardson ; Benjamin Goldberg, editor.
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Springer
, c2018.
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This volume deals with philosophically grounded theories of animal generation as found in two different traditions: one, deriving primarily from Aristotelian natural philosophy and specifically from his Generation of Animals; and another, deriving from two related medical traditions, the Hippocratic and the Galenic. The book contains a classification and critique of works that touch on the history of embryology and animal generation written before 1980. It also contains translations of key sect…
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- Author
- Deer Richardson, Linda
- Other Authors
- Goldberg, Benjamin
- Responsibility
- Linda Deer Richardson ; Benjamin Goldberg, editor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxxi, 301 p.) : 11 illus
- Series Vol.
- v. 22
- Series Title
- History, philosophy and theory of the life sciences
- ISBN
- 9783319693361
- 9783319693347 (print ed.)
- 9783319693354 (print ed.)
- 9783319887579 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2211-1948
- Subjects (MeSH)
- History, 16th Century
- History of Medicine
- Philosophy, Medical - history
- Reproduction
- PersonalSubject
- Fernel, Jean, 1497-1558
- Specialty
- History of Medicine
- Reproductive Medicine
- Notes
- Reproduction of: Academic theories of generation in the Renaissance / Linda Allen Deer, 1980.
- Abstract
- This volume deals with philosophically grounded theories of animal generation as found in two different traditions: one, deriving primarily from Aristotelian natural philosophy and specifically from his Generation of Animals; and another, deriving from two related medical traditions, the Hippocratic and the Galenic. The book contains a classification and critique of works that touch on the history of embryology and animal generation written before 1980. It also contains translations of key sections of the works on which it is focused. It looks at two different scholarly communities: the physicians (medici) and philosophers (philosophi), that share a set of textual resources and philosophical lineages, as well as a shared problem (explaining animal generation), but that nevertheless have different concerns and commitments. The book demonstrates how those working in these two traditions not only shared a common philosophical background in the arts curricula of the universities, but were in constant intercourse with each other. This book presents a test case of how scholarly communities differentiate themselves from each other through methods of argument, empirical investigation, and textual interpretations. It is all the more interesting because the two communities under investigation have so much in common and yet, in the end, are distinct in a number of important ways.
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On the Shoulders of Medicine's Giants : What Today's Clinicians Can Learn from Yesterday's Wisdom
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Robert B. Taylor.
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Springer
, c2015.
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Medical history offers us many wise thoughts, a few misguided notions, and a host of intriguing back-stories. On the Shoulders of Medicine's Giants presents a selection of these, and tells how the words of medicine's "giants"--such as Hippocrates, Sir William Osler, Francis Weld Peabody, and Elizabeth Kubler-Ross--are relevant to medical science and practice in the 21st century. Which physician was the inspiration for the fictional character Sherlock Holmes, and what did he identify as the real…
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- Taylor, Robert B
- Responsibility
- Robert B. Taylor
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2015
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 251 p. : 100 illus., 48 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9781493913350
- 9781493913343 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Ethics, Medical
- History of Medicine
- Philosophy, Medical - history
- Physicians - history
- Abstract
- Medical history offers us many wise thoughts, a few misguided notions, and a host of intriguing back-stories. On the Shoulders of Medicine's Giants presents a selection of these, and tells how the words of medicine's "giants"--such as Hippocrates, Sir William Osler, Francis Weld Peabody, and Elizabeth Kubler-Ross--are relevant to medical science and practice in the 21st century. Which physician was the inspiration for the fictional character Sherlock Holmes, and what did he identify as the real essential factor in all successful medical diagnoses? What did Sigmund Freud describe as his "tyrant" and what might this mean for doctors today? Do you know the attributed source of the well-known aphorism about horses and zebras, and what we believe this physician actually said? This book answers these questions and more, while also providing fascinating tales about each individual quoted. On the Shoulders of Medicine's Giants is recommended for practicing physicians, students, and residents, as well as nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and anyone involved in patient care who wants to understand the historical and epistemological foundations of what we do each day in practice. Robert B. Taylor, MD is the author and editor of more than 30 medical books and several hundred published articles, as well as a veteran of rural private practice and chairmanship of a major medical school department.
- Contents
- The Profession and Professionalism -- Being a Physician -- The Art and Science of Doctoring -- Health, Disease, Illness, and Death -- Disease Detection and Diagnosis -- Therapy and Healing -- Learning and Teaching Medicine -- Medical Experience, Knowledge, and Wisdom -- Errors, Uncertainty, and Ethical Issues -- Current Issues and Future Practice.
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- e-Book
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