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The Correspondence of James Jurin (1684-1750)
James Jurin (1684-1750) occupied a central place in the medical and scientific circles of Augustan and Georgian England. His dispassionate yet forceful advocacy of smallpox inoculation using an innovative statistical approach brought him widespread recognition both in Britain and abroad. He was Secretary to the Royal Society for seven years and participated vigorously in the most important scientific debates of the period. Jurin's correspondence, recently made available to the public, provides rich material for the study of eighteenth-century natural philosophy and medicine, especially of the smallpox inoculation debates. This volume reproduces a broad and valuable selection of letters, as well as a list of Jurin's publications and a calendar of the complete correspondence. The introductory biographical essay describes how Jurin combined a career as a successful London physician with that of a natural philosopher.
The Correspondence of James Jurin (1684-1750)
Preliminary Material --Acknowledgements /Andrea A. Rusnock --Notes on the Correspondence and Editorial Procedures /Andrea A. Rusnock --Brief Chronology of James Jurin's Life /Andrea A. Rusnock --Bibliography Publications /Andrea A. Rusnock --James Jurin /Andrea A. Rusnock --Selected Correspondence /Andrea A. Rusnock --Calendar of Correspondence /Andrea A. Rusnock --Index /Andrea A. Rusnock.
Geometry No Friend to Infidelity
Geometry no friend to infidelity By James Jurin Geometry no friend to infidelity: or, a defence of Sir Isaac Newton and the British mathematicians, in a letter to the author of The analyst. ... By Philalethes Cantabrigiensis Jurin, James, 1684-1750. [8],5-84p.; 8. London:: printed for T. Cooper, 1734. Note: Philalethes Cantabrigiensis = James Jurin. Note: Reproduction of original from the British Library. Note: English Short Title Catalog, ESTCT79310. Note: Electronic data. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale, 2003. Page image (PNG). Digitized image of the microfilm version produced in Woodbridge, CT by Research Publications, 1982-2002 (later known as Primary Source Microfilm, an imprint o...
Experimental Philosophy and the Origins of Empiricism
This integrated history of early modern experimental philosophy explains one of the most significant developments in the early modern period.
Female Patients in Early Modern Britain
This investigation contributes to the existing scholarship on women and medicine in early modern Britain by examining the diagnosis and treatment of female patients by male professional medical practitioners from 1590 to 1740. In order to obtain a clearer understanding of female illness and medicine during this period, this study examines ailments that were specific and unique to female patients as well as illnesses and conditions that afflicted both female and male patients. Through a qualitative and quantitative analysis of practitioners' records and patients' writings - such as casebooks, diaries and letters - an emphasis is placed on medical practice. Despite the prevalence of females am...
Georgian Monarchy
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Nominalism and Constructivism in Seventeenth-Century Mathematical Philosophy
What was the basis for the adoption of mathematics as the primary mode of discourse for describing natural events by a large segment of the philosophical community in the seventeenth century? In answering this question, this book demonstrates that a significant group of philosophers shared the belief that there is no necessary correspondence between external reality and objects of human understanding, which they held to include the objects of mathematical and linguistic discourse. The result is a scholarly reliable, but accessible, account of the role of mathematics in the works of (amongst others) Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, Newton, Leibniz, and Berkeley. This impressive volume will benefit scholars interested in the history of philosophy, mathematical philosophy and the history of mathematics.
Condillac and His Reception
This volume explores the philosophy of Étienne Bonnot de Condillac. It presents, for the first time, English-language essays on Condillac’s philosophy, making the complexity and sophistication of his arguments and their influence on early modern philosophy accessible to a wider readership. Condillac’s reflections on the origin and nature of human abilities, such as the ability to reason, reflect and use language, took philosophy in distinctly new directions. This volume showcases the diversity of themes and methods inspired by Condillac’s work. The chapters are divided into four thematic sections. Part 1 highlights themes and discussions that were central to Condillac’s own philosop...
