The history of medicine and the scientific revolution.

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  • Author(s): Cook HJ;Cook HJ
  • Source:
    Isis; an international review devoted to the history of science and its cultural influences [Isis] 2011 Mar; Vol. 102 (1), pp. 102-8.
  • Publication Type:
    Historical Article; Journal Article
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: University of Chicago Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 2985182R Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0021-1753 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00211753 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Isis Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press
      Original Publication: Seattle [etc.]
    • Subject Terms:
      History, 20th Century* ; Philosophy*; Biological Science Disciplines/*history; Humans
    • Abstract:
      The "new philosophy" of the seventeenth century has continued to be explained mainly on its own terms: as a major philosophical turn. Twentieth-century modernism gave pride of place to big ideas and reinforced the tendency to explain the rise of science in light of new ideas. Such orientations subordinated medicine (and technology) to sciences that appeared to be more theoretical. In attempts to persuade historians of science of the importance of medicine, then, many authors took an approach arguing that the major changes in the history of medicine during the so-called scientific revolution arose from philosophical commitments. Yet because medicine is also intimately connected to other aspects of life, its histories proved to be recalcitrant to such reductions and so continue to offer many possibilities for those who seek fresh means to address histories of body and mind united rather than divided.
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20110615 Date Completed: 20110712 Latest Revision: 20191112
    • Publication Date:
      20231215
    • Accession Number:
      10.1086/658659
    • Accession Number:
      21667778