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Fiber, Medicine, and Culture in the British Enlightenment (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
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Fiber, Medicine, and Culture in the British Enlightenment (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
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This book provides a full account of the concept of fiber and fiber
theory in eighteenth-century British medicine. It explores the
pivotal role fiber played as a defining, underlying concept in
anatomy, physiology, pathology, therapeutics, psychology, and the
life sciences. With the gradual demise of ancient humoralism, the
solid fibers appeared on the medical scene both as the basic
building unit of the body and as a dynamic agent of life. As such,
fiber stands at the heart of eighteenth-century medicine, both
iatromechanism and iatro-vitalism. Touching on the cultural aspects
of fiber, the Baroque, and the culture of sensibility, this book
also challenges the widely held assumption that the eighteenth
century was the age of the nerve and instead offers an alternative
model of fiber.
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