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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Main Author: Hollerbach, Teresa (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2023.
Edition:1st ed. 2023.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.