The mechanization of the heart Harvey and Descartes - Fuchs, Thomas 1958- (University of Rochester Press, 2001)
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Machine generated contents note: A. HARVEY AND DESCARTES -- I. THEME AND BACKGROUND OF THE INVESTIGATION -- II. SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENT -- B. THE GALENIC PARADIGM AND ITS CRISIS -- I. FERNEL'S SUMMA OF GALENISM -- a) Corollary: The Doctrine of the Spirits -- II. THE CRISIS OF GALENISM -- C. THE VITAL ASPECT OF THE CIRCULATION: WILLIAM HARVEY -- I. THE SCIENCE OF THE LIVING -- II. DE MOTU CORDIS: THE MOTION OF HEART AND BLOOD -- a) The Motion of the Blood -- b) The Motion of the Heart -- 1) Basis of the Motion -- 2) Mechanism of the Motion -- c) The Function of the Circulation -- 1) Blood and Heat -- 2) Tendencies of Harveys Physiology -- d) Conclusion -- III. DE MOTU LOCALI ANIMALIUM: THE MOVEMENT OF LIVING -- THINGS -- a) Calor and Spiritus -- b) Muscles and Nerves -- c) Sensus and Motus in Harvey's Later Works -- d) Summary: Polarity and Movement -- IV. DE GENERATIONE: THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CIRCULATION -- a) The Early Stages of Ontogenesis -- b) The Regularities of Development -- c) The Blood as Principle -- d) Circulatio and Generatio -- e) Summary: Cycle and Polarity -- D. THE MECHANICAL ASPECT OF THE CIRCULATION: DESCARTES -- AND HIS FOLLOWERS -- I. CIRCULATION AND PHYSIOLOGY IN DESCARTES -- a) Cartesian Science -- b) The Body without Soul -- c) The Physiological Mechanisms -- 1) Motion of Blood and Heart -- 2) The Movement of the Spirits -- d) Conclusion -- II. THE MOTION OF HEART AND BLOOD AFTER DESCARTES -- a) Holland -- 1) Henricus Regius -- 2) Cornelis van Hoghelande -- 3) Franciscus Sylvius -- 4) Theodor Craanen -- 5) Cornelis Bontekoe -- 6) Stephen Blancaard -- b) England -- 1) Early Writers -- 2) Thomas Willis -- 3) Richard Lower -- 4) John Mayow -- c) Other Writers: The Latency of the Vitalistic Aspect -- E. VITALISM AND MECHANISM BETWEEN 1700 AND 1850 -- E A LOOK AHEAD -- Bibliography -- Index of Names