Isis Current Bibliography 2006, Vol. 97 - History of Science Society

82 340. Seventeenth century
Contents: Bernard HŒPFFNER, “As a Prelude : Bringing Meloncholia
to Book,” 12–19; PETIT [ref. 1658]; ALTBAUER-
RUDNIK [ref. 1407]; CRIGNON-DE OLIVEIRA [ref. 1647];
GABRIEL [ref. 1385]; PIGEAUD [ref. 1666]; INGRAM
[ref. 1653]; LAWLOR [ref. 1695]; SAAD [ref. 1920].
1649. CURTH, Louise Hill. “The Medical Content of
English Almanacs 1640–1700.” J. Hist. Med. Allied
Sci. 60 (2005): 255–282.
1650. FISSELL, Mary Elizabeth. Vernacular Bodies:
The Politics of Reproduction in Early Modern
England. (viii + 283 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index.) Oxford:
Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. ISBN: 0199269882.
Reviews: [ref. R289]
1651. FLECK, Eliane Cristina Deckmann. “A morte
no centro da vida: reflexões sobre a cura e a não-cura
nas reduções jesuítico-guaranis (1609–75).” Translated
title: [Death in the center of life: Reflections
on curing and non-curing in Jesuit-Guarani missions
(1609–75).] In Portuguese. Manguinhos 11 (2004):
635–660.
1652. GRENE, Marjorie. “Descartes and the Heart
Beat: A Conservative Innovation.” In BUCHWALD
and FRANKLIN [ref. 128], 91–97.
1653. INGRAM, Allan. “Death in Life and Life in
Death: Melancholy and the Enlightenment.” Theme
issue: Melancholy and Material Unity of Man, 17th–
18th Centuries [ref. 1648]. Gesnerus 63 (2006):
90–102.
1654. KRUGER, Lawrence. “The Scientific Impact
of Dr. N. Tulp, Portrayed in Rembrandt’s ‘Anatomy
Lesson.’ ” J. Hist. Neurosci. 14 (2005): 85–92.
1655. MCGOUGH, Laura J. “Demons, Nature, or
God? Witchcraft Accusations and the French Disease
in Early Modern Venice.” Bull. Hist. Med. 80 (2006):
219–246.
1656. MEISE, Helga. “Diagnose und Therapie
von Krankheiten im Neuen Wurtz= vnd
Kräuter=Calender 1649–1672.” In MAHLMANN-
BAUER [ref. 1247], 933–952.
1657. NUI Yahua. “A Study on Two Earliest Translations
of Western Anatomy.” [Translated title.] In
Chinese. Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu 25 (2006): 50–65.
On 17th-century Jesuit translations and the influence of
Vesalius.
1658. PETIT, Caroline. “Mélancolie et méthodisme :
traduction originale et commentaire d’un texte de
Prosper Alpin, 1553–1617.” Theme issue: Melancholy
and Material Unity of Man, 17th–18th Centuries
[ref. 1648]. Gesnerus 63 (2006): 20–32.
1659. RODRÍGUEZ SÁNCHEZ, Rafael Ángel. La
introducción de la medicina moderna en España: una
imagen de nuestra renovación científica (1687–1727)
desde la Teoría de la Ciencia de Thomas S. Kuhn.
Colección Alfar Universidad, 137. (307 pp.; bibl.)
Sevilla: Ediciones Alfar, 2005. ISBN: 8478982418.
1660. RUISINGER, Marion Maria. “Misreading Pictures:
Fabricius Hildanus (1560–1634) and the Cure
of Spinal Dislocation.” J. Hist. Neurosci. 14 (2005):
334–340.
1661. SAKAI Shizu. “Translation and the Origins
of Western Science in Japan.” In GÜNERGUN and
KURIYAMA [ref. 656], 137–157.
Examines Japanese translations of European anatomical texts
during the 17th and 18th centuries.
1662. SCHÄFER, Daniel. Alter und Krankheit in
der Frühen Neuzeit: der ärztliche Blick auf die letzte
Lebensphase. Kultur der Medizin, 10. (436 pp.; ill;
bibl.; index.) Frankfurt; New York: Campus, 2004.
ISBN: 3593374625.
Revision of the author’s Habilitationsschrift, 2001. Reviews:
[ref. R803]
1663. VANAGT, Katrien. “ ‘Hoe men zich voor brillen
behoeden kan’ of de moeizame verspreiding van
optische kennis in vroegmoderne medische kringen.”
Gewina 29 (2006): 26–40.
1664. WALKER, Timothy. “The Role and Practices
of the Curandeiro and Saludador in Early Modern
Portuguese Society.” Manguinhos 11 (supp. 1)
(2004): 223–237.
Examines “the ambivalent place of the folk healer” as both
central and marginal in Portuguese popular culture. (from the
abstract)
1665. WOOLLEY, Benjamin. Heal Thyself: Nicholas
Culpeper and the Seventeenth-Century Struggle to
Bring Medicine to the People. (x + 402 pp.; ill.; bibl.;
index.) New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers,
2004. ISBN: 0060090669.
Emphasizes the populist orientation of Culpeper, contrasting
him with the royalist William Harvey. Reviews: [ref. R999]
340-151. PSYCHIATRY; MEDICAL AND CLINICAL
PSYCHOLOGY
1666. PIGEAUD, Jackie. “Délires de
métamorphose.” Theme issue: Melancholy and Material
Unity of Man, 17th–18th Centuries [ref. 1648].
Gesnerus 63 (2006): 73–89.
1667. SCHMIDT, Jeremy. “Melancholy and the Care
of the Soul: Religion, Moral Philosophy and Madness
in England, 1580–1750.” Diss. Abstr. Int. A 65/12
(2005): 4678.
Dissertation at The Johns Hopkins University, 2005. Adviser:
Marshall, John W. UMI pub. no. 3155677. 402 pp.
340-160. TECHNOLOGY IN GENERAL
1668. BUCHANAN, Brenda J. “ ‘The Art and Mystery
of Making Gunpowder’: The English Experience
in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries.” In
STEELE and DORLAND [ref. 1480], 233–274.
1669. CANDIANI, Vera Silvina. “Draining the Basin
of Mexico: Science, Technology and Society, 1608–
1808.” Diss. Abstr. Int. A 66/02 (2005): 736.
Dissertation at the University of California, Berkeley, 2004.
Adviser: Chowning, Margaret. UMI pub. no. 3165309. 428
pp.
1670. DAVIDS, Karel. “Craft Secrecy in Europe in
the Early Modern Period: A Comparative View.”
Lead article in a series. Early Sci. Med. 10 (2005):
341–348.
Contents: REITH [ref. 1935]; GARÇON [ref. 1930]; STEW-
ART [ref. 1490]; DAVIDS [ref. 1421].
1671. RAVEUX, Olivier. “Espaces et technologies
dans la France méridionale d’ancien régime :
l’exemple de l’indiennage Marseillais (1648-1793).”
Ann. Midi 116 (2004): 155–170.
1672. ZHANG Baichun, TIAN Miao, and LIU Qiang.
“The Evolution of Editions of Yuanxi Qiqi Tushuo
Luzui (A Record of the Best Illustrations and Descriptions
of Extraordinary Devices of the Far West)