Lectures on the History of Physiology - During the Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

Klappentext Ten lectures examining the history of physiology from about the sixteenth to the end of the eighteenth century. Zusammenfassung Ten lectures delivered by Sir Michael Foster on the history of physiology from about the sixteenth to the end of the eighteenth century! first published in 1901. The volume charts the progress of scientific thought on matters such as digestion! respiration and the nervous system. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Vesalius: his forerunners and followers; 2. Harvey and the circulation of the blood. The lacteals and lymphatics; 3. Borelli and the influence of the new physics; 4. Malpighi and the physiology of glands and tissues; 5. Van Helmont and the rise of chemical physiology; 6. Sylvius and his pupils. The physiology of digestion in the seventeenth century; 7. The English school of the seventeenth century. The physiology of respiration; 8. The physiology of digestion in the eighteenth century; 9. The rise of the modern doctrines of respiration. Black, Priestley, Lavoisier; 10. The older doctrines of the nervous system; Chronological table; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Foster
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.02.2012
• EAN: 9781107683495
• ISBN: 978-1-107-68349-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; PHYSIOLOGY, MEDICAL / History, MEDICAL / Physiology, History of Medicine