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Mechanism, experiment, disease

Bertoloni Meli, Domenico.

Mechanism, experiment, disease Marcello Malpighi and seventeenth-century anatomy / [electronic resource] : Domenico Bertoloni Meli. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (xii, 439 p. :) ill. ; - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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Malpighi, Marcello, 1628-1694.
Malpighi, Marcello, 1628-1694.


Physiology, Comparative--history--Italy.
History, 17th Century--Italy.
Embryology--history--Italy.
Anatomy, Comparative--history--Italy.
Microscopy--History--17th century.
Anatomy--History--17th century.
Anatomists--Italy--Biography.


Electronic books.

QM16.M33 / B47 2011

611.0092/2