a history of embryologyCUP Archive, 1959 - 303 pages |
Contents
the Lowest Depth 5 Albertus Magnus 6 The Scholastic Period | 7 |
The Movement to Rationalise Obstetrics | 92 |
The Opening Years of the Seventeenth Century 2 Kenelm Digby | 149 |
Embryology in the Eighteenth Century | 158 |
The Theories of Foetal Nutrition 2 Boerhaave Hamberger Mazin | 181 |
Conclusion | 212 |
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Common terms and phrases
albumen Aldrovandus amniotic liquid ancient animalcules animals appears Aristotelian Aristotle Aristotle's biology birds body century B.C. chalazae chapter chemical chick chicken coagulate Coiter conception contains Descartes described discussion dissected doctrine eighteenth century embryo embryogeny embryology epigenesis experiments Fabricius faculty female final cause flesh foetal foetus formation formed Galen Gassendi Generatione growth Haller Harvey Harvey's hatched heart heat hen's egg Highmore Hippocrates Hippocratic history of embryology incubation interesting Leonardo liver living London male Malpighi mammalian material matter Mayow membrane menstrual blood ment mother nature Needham nourishment nutrition observations obstetrics opinion organs origin ovoviviparous Paris particles passage physiology placenta Plutarch preformation preformationism preformationist published remarkable respiration Robert Boyle says seed semen shell soul speculation spermatozoa substance Swammerdam theory things thought tion treatise umbilical cord umbilical vessels utero uterus veins vessels viviparous Volcher Coiter whole Wolff womb writings yolk περὶ