Mechanism, experiment, disease : Marcello Malpighi and seventeenth-century anatomy / Domenico Bertoloni Meli.
Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011Description: 1 online resource (454 pages) : illustrationsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780801899034 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0801899036 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9780801899041 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0801899044 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780801899805 (e-book)
- 611.0092/2 22
- QM16.M33 B47 2011eb
eBooks
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The new anatomy, the lungs, and respiration -- Epidemic fevers and the challenge to Galenism -- The anatomy of the brain and of the sensory organs -- The glandular structure of the viscera -- Fat, blood, and the body's organization -- The structure of glands and the problem of secretion -- The challenge of insects -- Generation and the formation of the chick in the egg -- The anatomy of plants -- The fortunes of Malpighi's mechanistic anatomy -- From the new anatomy to pathology and therapy -- Medical consultations.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.