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The Works Of William Hewson, F. R. S - Softcover

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Synopsis

The Works Of William Hewson, F. R. S by William Hewson is a scholarly historical-scientific edition of Hewson’s works, accompanied by an editor’s Introduction that surveys the history of blood coagulation and Hewson’s contributions. It emphasizes Hewson’s experimental method and his place in the development of physiology, focusing on the three main constituents of blood, the lymphatic system, and the experimental techniques used to isolate coagulable lymph, serum, and fibrin. The edition situates Hewson within the late 18th–early 19th-century European physiology scene (London, Edinburgh, Paris, Berlin), tracing connections to Aristotle, Harvey, Malpighi, and other predecessors and contemporaries, and highlighting debates about absorption, coagulation, and lymph formation. It interweaves biographical material about Hewson with discussions of colleagues such as Hunter and Franklin, and includes plates and sections on the thymus, spleen, lymph glands, lymphatics, and the thoracic duct. Overall, the volume presents a rigorous, evidence-based reconstruction of early physiological theory and Hewson’s methodological contributions to blood physiology and anatomy.

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