Originally published in 1946, this book examines the writing and controversy of Jean Fernels The Natural Part of Medicine, the 1542 publication that attempted to replace Galens treatise on physiology. Sherrington assesses Fernels impact on the field of medical writing, and includes multiple plates illustrating early editions of Fernels treatise and important figures of the day. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in medical history.
List of illustrations; Preface; Part I. The Struggle and its Aims; Part II. The Earliest Physiology; Part III. Success and the Close; Appendix, Notes, Etc.:: 1. Biographical notices of Fernel Guillaume Plancy; 2. Plancys Life of Fernel; 3. Clichtoveus; 4. Insidiosae pacis; 5. Jacques Govea; 6. Goulins researches regarding Fernel; 7. Shellfish and the moon; 8. Valchers tractates; 9. Riolan the Elders works on Fernel; 10. The fatal tourney-wound of Henri II of France; 11. Other portraits of Fernel; 12. Guy Patin; 13. The text of the Physiology of 1554; 14. Boerhaaves recommendation of books for medical curriculum; 15. Nicolas Leonicenus; 16. Thomas Lunacre; 17. Passage in the Pathologia, 1567; 18. Laurent Jouberts Paradoxes; 19. Fracastor on cause of syphilis; List of editions of the writings of Jean Fernel; Chronology of events; Index.
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