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Author:
Bertoloni Meli, Domenico.
Title:
Mechanism, experiment, disease : Marcello Malpighi and seventeenth-century anatomy / Domenico Bertoloni Meli.
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press,
Copyright Date:
2011
Description:
xii, 439 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Malpighi, Marcello,--1628-1694.
Anatomists--Italy--Biography.
Anatomy--History--17th century.
Microscopy--History--17th century.
Malpighi, Marcello,--1628-1694.
Anatomy, Comparative--history--Italy.
Embryology--history--Italy.
History, 17th Century--Italy.
Physiology, Comparative--history--Italy.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
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.
ISBN:
0801899044 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780801899041 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0801899036 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780801899034 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)642278474
LCCN:
2010023458
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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