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  1. Descartes, cardiac heat, and alchemy
    Erschienen: 2016

    Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel
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    Quelle: Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel
    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Aufsatz aus einer Zeitschrift
    Format: Druck
    Übergeordneter Titel: Enthalten in: Ambix; London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 1937; 63(2016), 4, Seite 285-303

    Schlagworte: Descartes, René; Herzfunktion;
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    René Descartes (1596-1650) insisted on a heat and light theory to explain cardiac movement, and used concepts such as distillation of the vital spirits, fermentation in the digestive process, and fermentation in the circulation of the blood. I argue that his theory of the body as a heat-exchange system was based on alchemical and natural philosophical notions of fire and light expounded by precursors and contemporaries who included Jean D'Espagnet, Jean Fernel, Jan Baptist van Helmont, and Andreas Libavius. Descartes endeavoured to mechanise their approaches, creating a theory in which fire and heat, a legacy from thermal explanations of physiology, were transformed into alchemical fire, and then into mechanistic or physicalist heat