The monster in the machine magic, medicine, and the marvelous in the time of the scientific revolution

The monster in the machine : magic, medicine, and the marvelous in the time of the scientific revolution / Zakiya Hanafi.

Author/creator	Hanafi, Zakiya, 1959-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Durham, NC : Duke University Press,
Description	xii, 272 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
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Subject(s)	Monsters--Italy --History --17th century. Human body (Philosophy)--Italy --History --17th century.

Contents	Machine generated contents note: Preface viii --Acknowledgments xiii --One: The Origins of Monsters i --Two: Monstrous Matter 16 --Three: Monstrous Machines 53 --Four: Medicine and the Mechanized Body 97 --Five: Vico's Monstrous Body 135 --Six: Monstrous Metaphor 187 --Afterword 218 --Notes 219 --Bibliography 253 --Index 267.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	00035458
ISBN	0822325365 (alk. paper)
ISBN	0822325683 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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