Bertoloni Meli, Domenico. Mechanism, experiment, disease : Marcello Malpighi and seventeenth-century anatomy

Folger bibliographic ID: 245454
Folger call number: QM16.M33 B47 2011
Folger holdings ID: 312182

General 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

Extended title: Mechanism, experiment, disease : Marcello Malpighi and seventeenth-century anatomy / Domenico Bertoloni Meli

Malpighi, Marcello, 1628-1694 Anatomists Anatomy Microscopy Anatomy, Comparative Embryology Physiology, Comparative

author: Bertoloni Meli, Domenico
subject: Malpighi, Marcello, 1628-1694