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Om darrningar. Emanuel Swedenborgs iatromekanik

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Summary, in English

On the basis of his daily life experiences of water waves the Swedish natural philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) could use the wave metaphor to transfer the qualities of these waves to other physical phenomena such as sound waves and light waves. In the last issue of his scientific journal Dædalus Hyperboreus (1718), he published an overview of a new theory of tremulations. Swedenborg's most original idea was put forward more in detail in a manuscript of 1720. He maintained that life consists of waves or tremors of the nerves. The body is like a musical instrument. He was a typical follower of iatromechanics, describing the body as a machine with pumps, levers, bellows and so forth. Of special interest is his use of the metaphor of the circle. There are many different kinds of circulations in the body, such as the blood circulation, and respiration, which are parallels to the planetary motions.

Publiceringsår

2006

Språk

Svenska

Sidor

27-48

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Svensk medicinhistorisk tidskrift

Volym

9

Issue

1

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Föreningen för utgivande av Svensk medicinhistorisk tidskrift

Ämne

  • History of Ideas

Nyckelord

  • anatomy
  • Emanuel Swedenborg
  • history of medicine
  • physiology

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1402-9871