History of Science 2220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Albrecht Von Haller, Dynamic Equilibrium, Luigi Galvani

• School: Western University
• Department: History of Science
• Course: History of Science 2220
• Professor: Lawrence Burns

Document Summary

Knowledge via observation (positivism: 5 senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell, tools (observations and calculation aids, look for patterns in nature, testable (falsi able) Claude bernard formalized the scienti c study of physiology in his introduction to the study of experimental medicine (1865) Experimentation di ers from passive observation: localization of function, lesion-formation, observation of e ect (deterministic cause and e ect relationship) The maintenance of relatively stable internal physiological conditions (as body temperature of the ph of blood) in higher animals under uctuating environmental conditions. Named as such by walter bradley cannon. Combinations of body systems = boundary between self and other (inside and outside, here and there) A mouse in a sealed jar consumes as much air as a candle burning in the same jar (both illustrate process of oxidization/combustion) 3: oxygen - 21, nitrogen - 78, argon - 1, oxygen (o2) unlocks energy in chemical reactions, carbon dioxide (co2) is a byproduct of energy production.