Development of Biochemical Concepts from Ancient to Modern Times / / Henry M. Leicester.

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• VerfasserIn: Leicester, Henry M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1974
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 2nd printing 1975. Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Harvard Monographs in the History of Science ; 8
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (286 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; 1. The Earliest Concepts --; 2. Biochemical Concepts in Classical Greece --; 3. The Hellenistic Period --; 4. The Early Middle Ages --; 5. Chinese and Indian Concepts --; 6. Arabic Concepts --; 7. The Medieval Period --; 8. Paracelsus and the Beginnings of latrochemistry --; 9. The Transitional Seventeenth Century --; 10. Physiology Comes of Age --; 11. Pneumatic Chemistry and Its Biological Significance --; 12. Animal Chemistry --; 13. Nineteenth-Century Vitalism --; 14. Theories of Digestion and Assimilation in Mid-Nineteenth Century --; 15. Enzymes and Cell Constituents --; 16. Energy Production and Biological Oxidations --; 17. Intermediary Metabolism --; 18. Vitamins --; 19. Hormones --; 20. Afterword --; Notes Index --; Notes --; Index of Proper Names --; Subject Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674864252; 9783110353488; 9783110353549; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674864252
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Henry M. Leicester.