Volumes Published
This volume traces concepts such as artificial life and altered embodiment from Renaissance Humanism to modern Transhumanism, offering a critical account of shifting boundaries between human, machine, and the imagined possibilities of bodily transformation.
Delving into the training, empirical observations, and public self-fashioning of learned physicians, this book explores key concepts of ancient and early modern medical theory, such as the notion of ‘total substance,’ and the idea of a super-elementary ‘innate heat.’
This monograph offers a revised critical edition and English translation of Francesco Patrizi’s Il Delfino, overo del bacio (c.1555), which survives in a single manuscript, compiled by an assistant and interspersed with autograph corrections by Patrizi himself.
Nicola Polloni Sylvain Roudaut
Hylomorphism into Pieces (1400-1600)
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This collection delves into Dante Alighieri’s profound influence on medieval and early modern medical, scientific, and spiritual thought. It examines his interdisciplinary impact on understanding the body and mind, and his enduring legacy in various fields.
This monograph, by one of the world-leading experts on sixteenth-century medicine, studies a little-known period of Vesalius’ work, focusing on his revisions, annotations, and the impact of De humani corporis fabrica since its 1543 publication.
This volume examines the transition from medieval hylomorphism to early modern theories of matter, such as atomism and corpuscularianism, highlighting the evolving concepts of elements, atoms, and corpuscles in natural philosophy and medicine.
Simone Guidi Joaquim Braga
The Quantification of Life and Health from the 17th to the 19th Century
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Amalia Cerrito
Albert the Great and the Configuration of the Embryo
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Meagan S. Allen
Roger Bacon and the Incorruptible Human (1220-1292)
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This edited volume explores the intersection of medicine and philosophy throughout history, calling attention to the role of quantification in understanding the medical body.
This book provides the first comprehensive treatment of Albert the Great’s (c. 1193-1280) notion of virtus formativa, a shaping force responsible for crucial dynamics in the formation of living beings.
This book examines Roger Bacon’s alchemical theories and explains how he believed that alchemy, in conjunction with humoral medicine, could illuminate the method of prolonging life to extreme lengths.
Justin Begeley and Benjamin Goldberg
The Medical World of Margareth Cavendish
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Jonathan Barry and Fabrizio Bigotti
Santorio Santori and the Emergence of Quantified Medicine (1614-1790)
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