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THE EXPERIENCE OF THE PHYSICIAN GIROLAMO DONZELLINI IN THE 1575 VENETIAN PLAGUE: BETWEEN SCIENTIA AND HETERODOXY
No full textThe paper examines the 1575 Venetian plague, by taking into account the personal and scientific experience of the heterodox physician working in the Republic, Girolamo Donzellini, a very wellknown medical doctor and humanist in what he himself defined the sixteenth- century Respublica Medicorum.1 During the pestilence, he was serving an Inquisition life sentence in prison, and it was precisely because of the medical activity he provided in this tragic situation that he was able to re-gain freedom. As a heterodox doctor, a prisoner and the author of a treatise on plague, he provides a good case-study to frame the rise of medicine as a Scientia against a very tangible context: one made of cells, corpses, and pages secretly written under the first lights of the day
SCENTIAE IN THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE
No full textThis volume collects essays dealing with the history of medicine in early modern Europe, and ranging from experiments and practices to the role of erudition in court-medicine, from the study of tarantism and plagues to the uses of drugs, from the collaborations and dissemination of medical knowledge to the epistemological classification of diseases. The essays aim to reveal the boundless investigation in medical knowledge, ultimately blurring the line of diverse fields, and focus on the extension of medicine as a scientia. Besides the investigation of specific figures and several case studies of early modern medicine, the volume opens with an exploration of the Medical School of Padua and also deals with some important locations that shape the science of medicine, such as anatomical theatres, botanical gardens, and museums
Scientiae in the History of Medicine
No full textThis volume collects essays dealing with the history of medicine in early modern Europe, and ranging from experiments and practices to the role of erudition in court-medicine, from the study of tarantism and plagues to the uses of drugs, from the collaborations and dissemination of medical knowledge to the epistemological classification of diseases. The essays aim to reveal the boundless investigation in medical knowledge, ultimately blurring the line of diverse fields, and focus on the extension of medicine as a scientia. Besides the investigation of specific figures and several case studies of early modern medicine, the volume opens with an exploration of the Medical School of Padua and also deals with some important locations that shape the science of medicine, such as anatomical theatres, botanical gardens, and museums
Elements of Descartes’ Medical Scientia: Books, Medical Schools, and Collaboration
No full textIn 1643 Johannes van Beverwijck (1594-1647) contacted René Descartes
(1596-1650) to ask a Latin version of his demonstration of the
circulation of blood to contribute to Epistolicae quaestiones (1644). Van
Beverwijck was a physician in Dordrecht and since 1635 a professor of
medicine and anatomy at the Illustrious School therein. In 1611 he matriculated
at Leiden University, where he studied medicine, and in 1616
he matriculated at Padua, where he graduated under the supervision of
Hieronimus Fabricius ab Aquapendente (1533-1619). Besides its role in
publishing the dispute between Descartes and Plemp on the circulation
of blood, this exchange is emblematic of Descartes’ connection with
Dutch scholars and physicians who were trained at the Medical Faculty
at Leiden University, and in some other cases at the Medical School of
Padua. In developing his medical knowledge immersed in the Dutch enthusiasm
for the anatomy lessons, a connection with the medical faculties
of Leiden and Padua mediated by his collaborations surfaces as a
meaningful element in shaping his medical science
ELEMENTS OF DESCARTES’ MEDICAL SCIENTIA: BOOKS, MEDICAL SCHOOLS, AND COLLABORATIONS
No full textIn 1643 Johannes van Beverwijck (1594-1647) contacted René Descartes
(1596-1650) to ask a Latin version of his demonstration of the
circulation of blood to contribute to Epistolicae quaestiones (1644). Van
Beverwijck was a physician in Dordrecht and since 1635 a professor of
medicine and anatomy at the Illustrious School therein. In 1611 he matriculated
at Leiden University, where he studied medicine, and in 1616
he matriculated at Padua, where he graduated under the supervision of
Hieronimus Fabricius ab Aquapendente (1533-1619). Besides its role in
publishing the dispute between Descartes and Plemp on the circulation
of blood, this exchange is emblematic of Descartes’ connection with
Dutch scholars and physicians who were trained at the Medical Faculty
at Leiden University, and in some other cases at the Medical School of
Padua. In developing his medical knowledge immersed in the Dutch enthusiasm
for the anatomy lessons, a connection with the medical faculties
of Leiden and Padua mediated by his collaborations surfaces as a
meaningful element in shaping his medical science
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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