期刊全称 | A Subtle and Mysterious Machine | 期刊简称 | The Medical World of | 影响因子2023 | S. Gaukroger,Emily Booth | 视频video | | 发行地址 | A challenging new look at a widely recognised figure in the scientific revolution period.A provocative revision of existing historiography on the history of medicine and natural philosophy.Looks at ho | 学科分类 | Studies in History and Philosophy of Science | 图书封面 |  | 影响因子 | Walter Charleton is an intriguing character—he flits through the diaries of Pepys and Evelyn, the correspondence of Margaret Cavendish, and his texts appear in the libraries of better-known contemporaries. We catch sight of him 1 conversing with Pepys about teeth, arguing with Inigo Jones about the origin of 2 Stonehenge, being lampooned in contemporary satire, stealing from the Royal Society, and embarrassing himself in anatomical procedures. While extremely active in a broad range of Royal Society investigations, his main discovery there seems to have been that tadpoles turned into frogs. As a practising physician of limited means, Walter Charleton was reliant for his living upon patrons and his medical practice—in addition he had the m- fortune to live in an era of dramatic political change, and consequently of unpredictable fortune. His achievements were known on the Continent. Despite his embarrassments in Royal Society anatomical investigation he was offered the prestigious chair of anatomy at the University of Padua. He turned down this extraordinary opportunity, only to die destitute in his native country a couple of decades later. The lugubrious doctor is without doubt an | Pindex | Book 2005 |
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