Background
Debus, Allen George was born on August 16, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of George Walter William and Edna Pauline (Schwenneke) Debus.
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(The French Paracelsians: The Chemical Challenge to Medical and Scientific Tradition in Early Modern France) Author: Allen George Debus published on (October, 2012)
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SCIENCE AND EDUCATION IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY:THE WEBSTER-WARD DEBATE.
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Man and Nature in the Renaissance (Cambridge Studies in the History of Science) by Allen George Debus (1978) Hardcover
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The French Paracelsians: The Chemical Challenge to Medical and Scientific Tradition in Early Modern France
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The far-reaching debates arising from the development of chemistry and its application to medicine during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries are the subjects of this book. Shortly after the medical authority of Galen had been reestablished in the Renaissance, the Swiss-German firebrand, Paracelsus, proposed a new approach to natural philosophy and medicine utilizing chemistry. The resulting arguments between Paracelsians and Galenists lasted for more than a century and affected the medical establishments of every European country. In France, the confrontation was particularly bitter, with the Medical Faculty in Paris determined to block the introduction of chemistry to medicine in any field. The author discusses these issues not only with respect to pharmaceutical chemistry and the chemical cosmology of the Paracelsians, but also the development of chemical physiology and its struggle with the brand of medicine influenced by the mechanical philosophy of the seventeenth century. The academic acceptance of chemistry is revealed, and the triumph of the mechanists in the scientific academies is shown to have been only partial at best, because the learned journals of the early eighteenth century continued to review large numbers of books inspired by medical chemistry. This persistent interest in medical chemistry is shown to be significant to the Chemical Revolution and an aspect of the Scientific Revolution that deserves recognition by historians.
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The French Paracelsians: The Chemical Challenge to Medical and Scientific Tradition in Early Modern France by Debus, Allen George (2002) Paperback
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Science and education in the seventeenth century: The Webster-Ward debate, (History of science library, primary sources)
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The Chemical Promise: Experiment and Mysticism in the Chemical Philosophy, 1550-1800 - Selected Essays of Allen G. Debus
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There are some who would question the need to republish papers that have already appeared elsewhere. Walter Pagel once said that scholars should think in terms of books rather than research papers since the latter become lost in the literature. When he told me this years ago I was not entirely convinced...from the Preface
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Man and Nature in the Renaissance (Cambridge Studies in the History of Science) ( Paperback ) by Debus, Allen George published by Cambridge University Press
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Robert Fludd and His Philosophical Key (Primary sources from the scientific revolution)
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The English Paracelsians (The Watts history of science library)
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The French Paracelsians: The Chemical Challenge to Medical and Scientific Tradition in Early Modern France Debus, Allen G. ( Author ) { Hardcover } 2012
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Man and Nature in the Renaissance (Cambridge Studies in the History of Science)
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Man and Nature in the Renaissance offers an introduction to science and medicine during the earlier phases of the scientific revolution, from the mid-fifteenth century to the mid-seventeenth century. Renaissance science has frequently been approached in terms of the progress of the exact sciences of mathematics and astronomy, to the neglect of the broader intellectual context of the period. Conversely, those authors who have emphasized the latter frequently play down the importance of the technical scientific developments. In this book, Professor Debus amalgamates these approaches: The exact sciences of the period are discussed in detail, but reference is constantly made to religious and philosophical concepts that play little part in the science of our own time. Thus, the renewed interest in mystical texts and the subsequent impact of alchemy, astrology, and natural magic on the development of modern science and medicine are central to the account. Major themes that are followed throughout the book include the effects of humanism, the search for a new method of science, and the dialogue between proponents of the mystical-occult world view and the mathematical-observational approach to nature.
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Medicine in Seventeenth Century England: A Symposium Held at UCLA in Honor of C. D. O'Malley
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The Complete Entertainment Discography: From 1897-1942 (Roots of Jazz Series) Updated and Expanded Edition
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The chemical dream of the Renaissance,
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Reading the Book of Nature: The Other Side of the Scientific Revolution (Sixteenth Century Essays and Studies, V.41) by Edited by Allen G. Debus & Micheal T. Walton (1998) Hardcover
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Chemistry and Medical Debate van Helmont to Boerhaave
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Book by Debus, Allen G.
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The French Paracelsians: The Chemical Challenge to Medical and Scientific Tradition in Early Modern France (Revised) Debus, Allen George ( Author ) { Paperback } 2002
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- Man and Nature in the Renaissance (Cambridge Studies in the History of Science) by Debus, Allen George (1978) Paperback (Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)
- Science and education in the seventeenth century: The Webster-Ward debate, (Hist
- The English Paracelsians / by Allen G. Debus (Series; Oldbourne history of science library. Physical de...)
- Science and Education in the Seventeenth Century
- READING THE BOOK OF NATURE The Other Side of the Scientific Revolution (Papers read at a series of sessions centered on the histo...)
- The Complete Entertainment Discography: From 1897-1942 (Roots of Jazz Series) Updated and Expanded Edition by Brian Rust (1988-01-03)
- The French Paracelsians: The Chemical Challenge to Medical and Scientific Tradition in Early Modern France (The far-reaching debates arising from the development of ...)
Allen George Debus Edit Profile
Education
Bachelor of Science, Northwestern University, 1947. A.M., Indiana University, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1961.
Postgraduate, University College London, 1960. Doctor of Science honorary, Catholic University Louvain, 1985.
Career
Research chemist, Abbott laboratories, North Chicago, Illinois, 1951-1956;
assistant professor, University of Chicago, 1961-1965;
associate professor of history, University of Chicago, 1965-1968;
professor, University of Chicago, 1968-1978;
Morris Fishbein professor of history science and medicine, University of Chicago, 1978-1996;
Morris Fishbein professor emeritus, University of Chicago, since 1996;
director, Morris Fishbein Center for Study History Science and Medicine, 1971-1977. Distinguished visiting professor Arizona center for medieval and renaissance studies Arizona State University, 1984. Visiting professor Institute Chemistry, U. São Paulo, Brazil, 1990.
Member international advising committee Tel-Aviv U. The Cohn Institute History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas, Center for History and Philosophy of Science of Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Member international advisory board Annali dell'Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza di Firenze. Consultant literature and science curriculum Georgia Institute Technology.
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Man and Nature in the Renaissance (Cambridge Studies in the History of Science)
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The French Paracelsians: The Chemical Challenge to Medical and Scientific Tradition in Early Modern France
(The far-reaching debates arising from the development of ...)
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The French Paracelsians: The Chemical Challenge to Medical and Scientific Tradition in Early Modern France
(The far-reaching debates arising from the development of ...)
- The French Paracelsians: The Chemical Challenge to Medical and Scientific Tradition in Early Modern France (Revised) Debus, Allen George ( Author ) { Paperback } 2002
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READING THE BOOK OF NATURE The Other Side of the Scientific Revolution
(Papers read at a series of sessions centered on the histo...)
- The French Paracelsians: The Chemical Challenge to Medical and Scientific Tradition in Early Modern France Debus, Allen G. ( Author ) { Hardcover } 2012
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The Chemical Promise: Experiment and Mysticism in the Chemical Philosophy, 1550-1800 - Selected Essays of Allen G. Debus
(There are some who would question the need to republish p...)
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The English Paracelsians / by Allen G. Debus
(Series; Oldbourne history of science library. Physical de...)
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Man and Nature in the Renaissance (Cambridge Studies in the History of Science) by Debus, Allen George (1978) Paperback
(Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)
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Chemistry and Medical Debate van Helmont to Boerhaave
(Book by Debus, Allen G.)
- Science and education in the seventeenth century: The Webster-Ward debate, (Hist
- (The French Paracelsians: The Chemical Challenge to Medical and Scientific Tradition in Early Modern France) Author: Allen George Debus published on (October, 2012)
- SCIENCE AND EDUCATION IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY:THE WEBSTER-WARD DEBATE.
- Man and Nature in the Renaissance (Cambridge Studies in the History of Science) by Allen George Debus (1978) Hardcover
- The French Paracelsians: The Chemical Challenge to Medical and Scientific Tradition in Early Modern France by Debus, Allen George (2002) Paperback
- Science and education in the seventeenth century: The Webster-Ward debate, (History of science library, primary sources)
- Man and Nature in the Renaissance (Cambridge Studies in the History of Science) ( Paperback ) by Debus, Allen George published by Cambridge University Press
- Science and Education in the Seventeenth Century
- Robert Fludd and His Philosophical Key (Primary sources from the scientific revolution)
- The English Paracelsians (The Watts history of science library)
- The Complete Entertainment Discography: From 1897-1942 (Roots of Jazz Series) Updated and Expanded Edition by Brian Rust (1988-01-03)
- Medicine in Seventeenth Century England: A Symposium Held at UCLA in Honor of C. D. O'Malley
- The Complete Entertainment Discography: From 1897-1942 (Roots of Jazz Series) Updated and Expanded Edition
- The chemical dream of the Renaissance,
- Reading the Book of Nature: The Other Side of the Scientific Revolution (Sixteenth Century Essays and Studies, V.41) by Edited by Allen G. Debus & Micheal T. Walton (1998) Hardcover
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Man and Nature in the Renaissance (Cambridge Studies in the History of Science)
Membership
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (member electorate nominating committee, section L 1974-1977, Chairman of Commission 1974). Member History of Science Society (council 1962-1965, 87-90, program chairman 1972, Pfizer award 1978, Sarton medal 1994, Distinguished lecturer 1996), Society Study Alchemy and Early Chemistry (member of council since 1967), American Association for History Medicine (program committee 1975), British Society for History Science, Internationale Paracelsus Gesellschaft, American Chemical Society (associate member history of chemistry division, Executive Committee 1969-1972, Dexter award 1987), Society Medical History of Chicago (secretary-treasurer 1971-1972, vice president 1972-1974, president 1974-1976, member of council), Académie International d'Histoire de la Medecine, Société Internationale d'Histoire de la Medecine, Academie International d'Histoire des Sciences (correspondent 1971, membre effectif 1991), American Institute History of Pharmacy (Edward Kremers award 1978, advanced.panel history activity 1979-1981, awards committee since 1981), American Society Reformation Research, Association Recorded Sound Collections., Midwest Junto for History of Science (president 1983-1984), Academia das Ciencias de Lisboa.
Connections
Married Brunilda Lopez-Rodriguez, August 25, 1951. Children: Allen Anthony George, Richard William, Karl Edward.
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American
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1947
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1961
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1951 - 1956
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1971 - 1977
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Social Science Research Council fellow, 1959-19Social Science Research Council fellow, 1959-1960. Fulbright fellow, 1959-1960. Fels Foundation fellow, 1960-1961.
Guggenheim fellow, 1966-1967. Overseas fellow Churchill College Cambridge (England) University, 1966-1967, 69. Member Institute Advanced Study Princeton, New Jersey, 1972-1973.
National Endowment of the Humanities fellow Newberry Library., Chicago, 1975-1976. Fellow Institute for Research in Humanities University Wisconsin, Madison, 1981-1982, National Endowment of the Humanities, 1987, Folger Shakespeare Library., Washington. Research grantee American Philosophical Society, 1961-1962, Wellcome Trust, 1962, National Institutes of Health, 1962-1970, 74-75, 77-78, 92-97, National Science Foundation, 1961-1963, 71-74, 80-83, American Council Learned Societies, 1966, 70, 71.