The monster in the machine [electronic resource] : magic, medicine, and the marvelous in the time of the scientific revolution / Zakiya Hanafi.

By: Hanafi, Zakiya, 1959-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2000Description: xii, 272 p. : illSubject(s): Monsters -- Italy -- History -- 17th century | Human body (Philosophy) -- Italy -- History -- 17th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.LOC classification: QM691 | .H257 2000Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
The origins of monsters -- Monstrous matter -- Monstrous machines -- Medicine and the mechanized body -- Vico's monstrous body -- Monstrous metaphor.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The origins of monsters -- Monstrous matter -- Monstrous machines -- Medicine and the mechanized body -- Vico's monstrous body -- Monstrous metaphor.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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