Stories
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The soul in the stomach
A 17th-century physician’s controversial theory about the link between the emotions and the stomach reminds us that we shouldn’t ignore our ‘gut feelings’.
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Drawing the human animal
We might try to deny our animal instincts, but this series of extraordinary 17th-century drawings suggests they are only too apparent.
Catalogue
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M0006159: Portrait of René Descartes (1596-1650)
Date: 19 March 1939Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/51/57Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Books
René Descartes (1596-1650) and the early reception of Harvey's theory of the circulation of the blood in the Netherlands / M.J. van Lieburg.
Lieburg, M. J. van.Date: 1988- Archives and manuscripts
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M0001319: Portrait of René Descartes (1596-1650), French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. Original line engraving by N. Habert ( active 1688-1715), after Frans Hals (1584-1666)
Date: 23 September 1930Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/12/30Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Digital Images
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Rene Descartes, Opera philosophica.
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Il mistero della macchina sensibile : teorie delle passioni da Descartes a Alfieri / Silvia Contarini.
Contarini, Silvia, 1964-Date: 1997