This book examines the life and works of Santorio Santori and his impact on the history of medicine and natural philosophy. Reputed as the father of experimental medicine and procedures, he is also known for his invention of numerous scientific instruments, including early precision medical devices (pulsimeters, hygrometers, thermometers, anemometers), as well as clinical and surgical tools.

The chapters in this volume explore Santorio’s legacy through the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. They highlight the role played by medical practitioners such as Santorio in the development of corpuscularian ideas, central to the ‘new science’ of the period, and place new emphasis on the role of the life sciences, chemistry and medicine in encouraging new forms of experimentation and instrument-making.

Contents

Introduction – Fabrizio Bigotti & Jonathan Barry

‘Gears of an Inner Clock’: Santorio’s Theory of Matter and Its Applications – Fabrizio Bigotti

The Uncertainty of Medicine: Readings and Reactions to Santorio Between Tradition and Reformation (1615–1721) – Fabiola Zurlini

Daniel Sennert’s Response to Santorio Santori in the Light of Chymical Atomism – William R. Newman

Atoms, Mixture, and Temperament in Early Modern Medicine: The Alchemical and Mechanical Views of Sennert and Beeckman – Elisabeth Moreau

Santorio, Regius, and Descartes: The Quantification and Mechanization of the Passions in Seventeenth-Century Medicine – Fabrizio Baldassarri

Santorio and Leibniz on Natural Immortality: The Question of Emergence and the Question of Emanative Causation – Andreas Blank

Santorio Santori on Plague: Ideas and Experience Between Venice and Naples – Vivian Nutton & Silvana D’Alessio

“An inquisitive man, considering when and where he liv’d”: Robert Boyle on Santorio Santori and Insensible Perspiration – Salvatore Ricciardo

Giovanni Alfonso Borelli and Santorio on the Explanation of Fevers – Fabio Zampieri

Bodies in Balance: Santorio’s Legacy in Baglivi’s Medicine – Luca Tonetti

Disputing Santorio: Johannes de Gorter’s Neurological Theory of Insensible Perspiration – Ruben E. Verwaal

Santorio’s Influence on the Dietetics of Carl Linnaeus – Luciana Costa Lima Thomaz

Weighing Authority: Lavoisier’s and Séguin’s Reassessment of Santorio’s Experiments on Transpiration – Francesca Antonelli

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