Sacred hearts and pumps: cardiology and the conflicted body politic (1500–1900)
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DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2020-011852
Abstract: This article examines how conflicting notions of the body politic between the natural and the spiritual have contextualised the evolution of cardiology. After a brief look at the place of the heart in biblical, patristic… read more here.
Keywords: heart; cardiology; body politic; sacred hearts ... See more keywords