Sanctorius Sanctorius and the Origins of Health Measurement
This open access book offers new insights into the Venetian physician Sanctorius Sanctorius (1561–1636) and into the origins of quantification in medicine. At the turn of the seventeenth century, Sanctorius developed instruments to measure and quantify physiological change. As trivial as the quantit...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2023, 2023
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2023 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Preface (Dr. Matteo Valleriani)
- Introduction
- List of Figures
- Abbreviations and Short Titles
- Chapter 1. Sanctorius Sanctorius—Between Koper and Venice
- Chapter 2. Sanctorius’s Galenism
- Chapter 3. Sanctorius’s Work in its Practical Context
- Chapter 4. Quantification in Galenic Medicine
- Chapter 5. Quantification and Certainty
- Chapter 6. The Measuring Instruments
- Chapter 7. Sanctorius Revisited
- List of Appendices