Blood money: Harvey's De motu cordis (1628) as an exercise in accounting
Blood money: Harvey's De motu cordis (1628) as an exercise in accounting
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England: Cambridge University Press
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English
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England: Cambridge University Press
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William Harvey's famous quantitative argument from
(1628) about the circulation of blood explained how a small amount of blood could recirculate and nourish the entire body, upending the Galenic conception of the blood's motion. This paper argues that the quantitative argument drew on the calculative and rhetorical skills of merchants, including...
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Blood money: Harvey's De motu cordis (1628) as an exercise in accounting
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2025308824
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2025308824
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0007-0874,1474-001X
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1474-001X
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10.1017/S0007087418000250
