Knowledge and practice in the long Renaissance, ca. 14th–17th centuries
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Elisabeth Moreau deposited Learning the Chymical Compromise: Paracelsian and Galenic Medicine in Marburg Disputations on Chymiatria in the group
Renaissance Science and Medicine on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months agoThe chair of chymiatria created at the University of Marburg was among the earliest academic initiatives aiming to integrate chymistry into the medical curriculum. If its practical applications in pharmacy and its relationship with patronage have been examined by historians, the theoretical part of the chymiatria programme still remains to be…[Read more]
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Elisabeth Moreau deposited Atoms, Mixture, and Temperament in Early Modern Medicine: The Alchemical and Mechanical Views of Sennert and Beeckman in the group
Renaissance Science and Medicine on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months agoCentred on the eclectic sources of early modern neo-atomistic medicine, this chapter examines the physiological theory of German alchemist Daniel Sennert (1572–1637) and Dutch engineer Isaac Beeckman (1588–1637). Both university-trained physicians, they followed Galenic medicine in explaining the structure and functioning of the human body at the…[Read more]
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