Knight, H. and Hunter, Michael (2007) Robert Boyle's 'Memoirs for the natural history of human blood' (1684): print, manuscript and the impact of Baconianism in seventeenth-century medical science. Medical History 51 (2), pp. 145-164. ISSN 0025-7273.
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Abstract
Robert Boyle's 'Memoirs for the natural history of human blood', which appeared in its first and only edition in 1684, is a well-known but much misunderstood book. In this paper, we will argue that a consideration of its history before and after its publication is not only significant in itself but also does much to enhance our understanding of Boyle's intellectual method, and especially the implications of his commitment to Baconianism and his attitude to print as a medium.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | © Harriet Knight and Michael Hunter 2007. Medical History is published on behalf of The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/histmed/publications/med_hist This article is available on Pub Med Central at http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1871712 |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Historical Studies |
| Depositing User: | Sandra Plummer |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jul 2008 13:17 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 16:48 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/700 |
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