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Fiber, medicine, and culture in the British Enlightenment

Ishizuka, Hisao, author

Overview

This book provides a full account of the concept of fiber and fiber theory in eighteenth-century British medicine. It explores the pivotal role fiber played as a defining, underlying concept in anatomy, physiology, pathology, therapeutics, psychology, and the life sciences. With the gradual demise of ancient humoralism, the solid fibers appeared on the medical scene both as the basic building unit of the body and as a dynamic agent of life. As such, fiber stands at the heart of eighteenth-century medicine, both iatromechanism and iatro-vitalism. Touching on the cultural aspects of fiber, the Baroque, and the culture of sensibility, this book also challenges the widely held assumption that the eighteenth century was the age of the nerve and instead offers an alternative model of fiber.

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Subject: Anatomy history. / Nerve Fibers physiology. / Delivery of Health Care history. / Social Medicine history. / Culture. / History, 18th Century. / Medicine Great Britain History 18th century. / Anatomy History 18th century. / Physiology Great Britain History 18th century. / Iatrophysical school Great Britain History 18th century. / Fibers. / United Kingdom.
• ISBN: 9781137580924, 1137580925

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
R487.I84 2016	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE