Development of Biochemical Concepts from Ancient to Modern Times

Henry M. Leicester

Published by Harvard University Press 1974

Development of Biochemical Concepts from Ancient to Modern Times

Henry M. Leicester

Volume 8 in the series Harvard Monographs in the History of Science

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674864252

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Leicester Henry M. :

Henry M. Leicester, who was educated at Stanford University, is Professor of Biochemistry at the University of the Pacific in San Francisco. He is the author of Biochemistry of the Teeth and Historical Background of Chemistry, and is co-editor of A Source Book in Chemistry, 4OO-9OO.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
1. The Earliest Concepts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Biochemical Concepts in Classical Greece Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
3. The Hellenistic Period Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
4. The Early Middle Ages Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
5. Chinese and Indian Concepts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
6. Arabic Concepts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
7. The Medieval Period Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
8. Paracelsus and the Beginnings of latrochemistry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
9. The Transitional Seventeenth Century Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
10. Physiology Comes of Age Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
11. Pneumatic Chemistry and Its Biological Significance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	128
12. Animal Chemistry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
13. Nineteenth-Century Vitalism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
14. Theories of Digestion and Assimilation in Mid-Nineteenth Century Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
15. Enzymes and Cell Constituents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176
16. Energy Production and Biological Oxidations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
17. Intermediary Metabolism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
18. Vitamins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	212
19. Hormones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
20. Afterword Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Notes Index
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Index of Proper Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275
Subject Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1974
Edition: 2nd printing 1975. Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 286
Keywords: Biochemistry -- History.

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Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674864252

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1974
ISBN: 9780674864122