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Santorio Santori and the Emergence of Quantified Medicine, 1614-1790: Corpuscularianism, Technology and Experimentation

Santorio Santori and the Emergence of Quantified Medicine, 1614-1790: Corpuscularianism, Technology and Experimentation

Barry, Jonathan
Bigotti, Fabrizio

Hardcover

Series: Palgrave Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Medicine

Medical ReferenceSports GeneralGeneral European History

ISBN10: 3030795861
ISBN13: 9783030795863
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Mar 18 2022
Pages: 421
Weight: 1.51
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

This book examines the life and works of Santorio Santori and his impact on the history of medicine and natural philosophy. Reputed as the father of experimental medicine and procedures, he is also known for his invention of numerous scientific instruments, including early precision medical devices (pulsimeters, hygrometers, thermometers, anemometers), as well as clinical and surgical tools. The chapters in this volume explore Santorio's legacy through the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. They highlight the role played by medical practitioners such as Santorio in the development of corpuscularian ideas, central to the 'new science' of the period, and place new emphasis on the role of the life sciences, chemistry and medicine in encouraging new forms of experimentation and instrument-making.

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