Nature's Second Kingdom charts the concepts and practices of eighteenth-century discourses on 'vegetality, ' the 'whatever it is' which is peculiar to plants."
Disease and Civilization explores the scientific and political ramifications of thegreat cholera epidemic of 1832, showing how its course and its conceptualization were affected bythe social power rel
Georges Canguilhem is one of France's foremost historians of science. Trained as a medical doctor as well as a philosopher, he combined these practices to demonstrate to philosophers that there could
Georges Canguilhem is one of France's foremost historians of science. Trained as amedical doctor as well as a philosopher, he combined these practices to demonstrate to philosophersthat there could be
Frani??ois Delaporte's Chagas Disease chronicles Brazilian medicine's encounter with a disease, an insect, and a history of discovery. Between 1909 and 1911, Carlos Chagas described an infection (path
Frani??ois Delaporte's Chagas Disease chronicles Brazilian medicine's encounter with a disease, an insect, and a history of discovery. Between 1909 and 1911, Carlos Chagas described an infection (path
What does the infamous face transplant in France in 2005 share with the examination of "swollen faces" in Latin America in the 1930s? What does blood transfusion in Europe during the 17th century have
"What does the infamous face transplant in France in 2005 share with the examination of "swollen faces" in Latin America in the 1930s? What does blood transfusion in Europe during the 17th century hav
Delaporte (philosophy, U. de Picardie Jules Verne) takes us into the world of Guillaume-Benjamin Duchenne de Boulogne, a nineteenth-century researcher who sought a biological basis for emotions by stu
