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Vegetal Analogy in Early Modern Medicine: Generation as Plant Cutting in Sennert’s Early Treatises (1611–1619)
- Author(s):
- Elisabeth Moreau (see profile)
- Date:
- 2021
- Group(s):
- Alchemy, Renaissance Science and Medicine, Science Studies and the History of Science
- Subject(s):
- Science--Philosophy, Technology--Philosophy, Science, Technology, History, Philosophy, Modern, Sixteenth century, Seventeenth century, Medicine, Middle Ages, Philosophy, Renaissance, Aristotle
- Item Type:
- Book chapter
- Tag(s):
- Galen, Paracelsus, Atomism, History and philosophy of science and technology, Early modern philosophy, Medieval and early modern medicine, Renaissance philosophy
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/qe5s-ft21
- Abstract:
- This chapter examines the use of vegetal analogy in late Renaissance physiology through the case of the German physician Daniel Sennert (1572–1637). It is centered on Sennert’s explanation of generation, in particular the transmission of life through the vegetative soul within the seed, as developed in his early works on medicine and alchemy, the Institutionum medicinae libri V (1611) and De chymicorum...liber (1619). This chapter first summarizes Sennert’s account of generation and the seed’s “formative force” according to Aristotle and Galen, as well as his appraisal of the medical debates on the origin of the seed’s soul and form. Then, the next part explores Sennert’s own interpretation of the origin of forms, for which plant physiology served as a common denominator of his medical, alchemical and theological inclinations. Finally, this chapter considers how Sennert attempted to harmonize his reasoning with the Paracelsian account of generation, seed and life.
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- Published as:
- Book chapter
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 2 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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