Grell, Ole Peter
(2007). Between anatomy and religion: The conversions to Catholicism of the two Danish anatomists Nicolaus Steno and Jacob Winslow.
In: Grell, Ole Peter and Cunningham, Andrew eds.
Medicine and religion in Enlightenment Europe.
The history of medicine in context.
Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 205–222.
Abstract
The strange case of the anatomist son of a Danish, Lutheran pastor who studied in Paris where he not only practised anatomy successfully, but became a Catholic. he was converted by the great Catholic preacher Bossuet who had already played a significant part in the conversion of his famous uncle, Nicolaus Steno. The article explores the similarities and differences of the two cases.
| Item Type: |
Book Chapter
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| ISBN: |
0-7546-5638-1, 978-0-7546-5638-8 |
| Keywords: |
anatomy; religion |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Arts > History |
| Item ID: |
7875 |
| Depositing User: |
Ole Grell
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| Date Deposited: |
07 Jun 2007 |
| Last Modified: |
02 Dec 2010 19:59 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/7875 |
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