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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hollerbach, Teresa (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing 2023.
Edición:1st ed. 2023.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.