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

Title
The monster in the machine : magic, medicine, and the marvelous in the time of the scientific revolution / Zakiya Hanafi.
Author
Hanafi, Zakiya, 1959-
Publication
Durham, NC : Duke University Press, c2000.

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Description
xii, 272 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Subject
  • Monsters > Italy > History > 17th century
  • Human body > Italy > History > 17th century
  • Human body (Philosophy) > Italy > History > 17th century
  • Abnormalities, Severe Teratoid > history
  • Human Body
  • Philosophy
  • Science > history
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-266) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The origins of monsters -- Monstrous matter -- Monstrous machines -- Medicine and the mechanized body -- Vico's monstrous body -- Monstrous metaphor.
ISBN
  • 0822325365 (alk. paper)
  • 0822325683 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^^00035458^
OCLC
43985596
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library