Fiber, Medicine, and Culture in the British Enlightenment
This book provides a full account of the concept of fiber and fiber theory in eighteenth-century British medicine. It explores the pivotal role fiber played as a defining, underlying concept in anatomy, physiology, pathology, therapeutics, psychology, and
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Fiber, Medicine, and Culture in the British Enlightenment
Hisao Ishizuka
Fiber, Medicine, and Culture in the British Enlightenment
Hisao Ishizuka Senshu University Japan Kawasaki shi, Tama-Ku, Japan
ISBN 978-1-137-58092-4 ISBN 978-1-349-93268-9 DOI 10.1057/978-1-349-93268-9
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This project has a fairly long history going back to my years (1998–1999) of postdoctoral research fellowship granted in England by the Wellcome Trust under the title “Fiber Theory in Eighteenth-Century Medicine.” Therefore, my first debt goes to the Wellcome Trust and Catherine Crawford at Essex University, who not only helped me to gain this grant but also led me to find this fascinating topic. The research on this project was substantially finished in the early 2000s, but several circumstances here in Japan combined to prevent publication for some years. During these years, however, I profited from valuable criticism given by my friends, especially those brilliant scholars joining together as the workshop “BMC” (Body, Medicine, and Culture) at Keio University, Hiyoshi. I also wish to thank my colleagues in the Department of English at Senshu University for providing an ideal environment in which to write and teach. Portions of this book have appeared in earlier form in the following publications. An earlier version of Chap. 1 appeared as “Visualizing the Fibre-Woven Body: Nehemiah Grew’s Plant Anatomy and the Emergence of the Fibre Body,” in Anatomy and the Organization of Knowledge, 1500–1850, edited by Matthew Landers
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