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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462313803321

Titolo

Anatomy and the organization of knowledge, 1500-1850 / / edited by Matthew Landers and Brian Munoz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-317-32091-3

1-315-65505-5

1-317-32092-1

1-283-85034-6

1-84893-322-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Collana

Body, gender and culture ; ; no. 9

Altri autori (Persone)

LandersMatthew

MunozBrian

Disciplina

306.461

Soggetti

Human anatomy - Research - Europe - History

Human anatomy - Study and teaching - Europe - History

Human dissection - Research - Europe - History

Human dissection - Study and teaching - Europe - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2012 by Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Limited.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Contributors; List of Figures; Introduction; Early modern Dissection as a Model of Organization; 'Who Will Not Force a Mad Man to be Let Blood?'; Earth's Intelligent Body; 'After an Unwonted Manner'; Subtle Bodies; Mirroring, Anatomy, Transparency; From Human to Political Body and Soul; Visualizing the Fibre-Woven Body; Forms of Materialist Embodiment; Visualizing Monsters; Anatomy, Newtonian Physiology and Learned Culture; Art and Medicine; The internal Environment; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Across early modern Europe, the growing scientific practice of dissection prompted new and insightful ideas about the human body. This collection of essays explores the impact of anatomical knowledge on wider issues of learning and culture.