Santorio Santorio and the Emergence of Quantifying Procedures in Medicine at the End of the Renaissance: Problems, Context, Ideas. (360G-Wellcome-106580_Z_14_Z)

£127,884

While mechanics and astronomy have always been placed at the heart of the major narrative of the scientific revolution, historians are currently reconsidering disciplines or ways of thinking once regarded as peripheral, in particular medical disciplines such as anatomy and physiology. In this context, a study on the Italian physician Santorio Santorio (1561-1636) could be particularly noteworthy. Santorio is reputed to be the first to conceive and apply the quantification of the so called 'persp iratio insensibilis' in his major work 'Ars de statica medicina' (Venice 1614). Although developed in the context of traditional medicine, concepts such as 'weight', 'measurement' and 'certainty' became essential pillars of his thought and for this reason, Santorio invented many scientific devices, among which were the first graded thermometers. Despite his relevance, however, there are no recent studies on Santorio. The goal of my research would be to illustrate the medical impetus towards cont rolled experimentation and quantitative measurement in the cultural context of the end of the Renaissance. Considering Santorio's wide legacy across the Europe, the research would also show how the development of instruments has driven medicine in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.

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Grant Details

Amount Awarded 127884
Applicant Surname Bigotti
Approval Committee Medical Humanities Interview Committee
Award Date 2015-01-12T00:00:00+00:00
Financial Year 2014/15
Grant Programme: Title Research Fellowship in H&SS
Internal ID 106580/Z/14/Z
Lead Applicant Dr Fabrizio Bigotti
Partnership Value 127884
Planned Dates: End Date 2018-04-30T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Start Date 2015-02-01T00:00:00+00:00
Recipient Org: Country United Kingdom
Region South West
Sponsor(s) Prof Jonathan Barry