The Human Embryo

Aristotle and the Arabic and European Traditions

edited by G.R. Dunstan and contributions by Richard Hitchcock, Pamela M. Huby, Martin H. Johnson, Helen King, A. G. McLaren, B. F. Musallam, Vivian Nutton, Mary J. Seller, D. M. Balme, Stephen Bemrose, P. R. Braude, L. W. B. Brockliss, C. S. F. Burnett, G.R. Dunstan, L. E. Goodman and Monica H. Green

Extent: 248 pages

Publisher: Heinrich-Barth Institute

Subjects: Medicine, Philosophy

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(January 1990)

ISBN: 9780859893404

5.79 x 9.09 inches

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In this volume some of the world’s authorities on embryology trace the tradition of enquiry over two and a half thousand years. The answers given in related cultures reflected the purposes to be served at different times, in medical practice, penitential discipline, canon law, common law, human feeling.

Questions asked by Greek philosophy and science – how do we come to be? How do we grow? When are we recognizably human? – are addressed with new intensity today. Modern embryology has changed the methods of enquiry and given new knowledge. Public interest and concern are high because medical applications of new knowledge offer benefits and yet awaken ancestral fears. The law and politics are called upon to secure the benefits without realizing the fears. Philosophers and theologians are involved once again. In this volume some of the world’s authorities on the subject trace the tradition of enquiry over two and a half thousand years. The answers given in related cultures – Greek, Latin, Jewish, Arabian, Islamic, Christian – reflected the purposes to be served at different times, in medical practice, penitential discipline, canon law, common law, human feeling. But the terms in which the questions were discussed were those set down by the Greeks and transmitted through the Arabic authors to medieval Europe.

Note on the Frontispiece Contributors Foreword RICHARD SORABJI Preface Introduction: text and context G. R. DUNSTAN Making a man: becoming human in early Greek medicine HELEN KING Human is generated by human D. M. BALME 20
The human embryo in Arabic scientific and religious thought BASIM MUSALLAM Constantinus Africanus and the conflict between religion and science MONICA H. GREEN Arabic medicine: the Andalusi context RICHARD HITCHCOCK The fetus as a natural miracle: the Maimonidean view L. E. GOODMAN The planets and the development of the embryo C. S. F. BURNETT Soul, life, sense, intellect: some thirteenth-century problems PAMELA M. HUBY 'Come d'animal divegna fante': the animation of the human embryo in Dante STEPHEN BEMROSE The anatomy of the soul in early Renaissance medicine VIVIAN NUTTON The embryological revolution in the France of Louis XIV: the dominance of ideology L. W. B. BROCKLISS Policing pregnancies: changes in nineteenth-century criminal and canon law ANGUS McLAREN The embryo in contemporary medical science PETER R. BRAUDE AND MARTIN H. JOHNSON Short communication: some fallacies in embryology through the ages MARY J. SELLER Index

Contributions by D. M. Balme
Contributions by Stephen Bemrose
Contributions by P. R. Braude
Contributions by L. W. B. Brockliss
Contributions by C. S. F. Burnett
Contributions by G.R. Dunstan
Contributions by L. E. Goodman
Contributions by Monica H. Green
Contributions by Richard Hitchcock
Contributions by Pamela M Huby
Contributions by Martin H Johnson
Contributions by Helen King
Contributions by A. G. McLaren
Contributions by B. F. Musallam
Contributions by Vivian Nutton
Contributions by Mary J. Seller
Edited by GR Dunstan

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