Increasing and Reducing: Breastmilk Flows and Female Health

Verwaal, Ruben E.

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Bodily Fluids, Chemistry and Medicine in the Eighteenth-Century Boerhaave School (2020)
Book
Verwaal, R. E. (2020). Bodily Fluids, Chemistry and Medicine in the Eighteenth-Century Boerhaave School. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51541-6

Boerhaave´s Furnace: Exploring Early Modern Chemistry through Working Models (2020)
Journal Article
Hendriksen, M. M., & Verwaal, R. E. (2020). Boerhaave´s Furnace: Exploring Early Modern Chemistry through Working Models. Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, 43(3), 385-411. https://doi.org/10.1002/bewi.202000005

This article discusses the (re)construction and use of an Early modern instrument, better known as Herman Boerhaave's (1668–1738) little furnace. We investigate the origins, history and materiality of this furnace, and examine the dynamic relationshi... Read More about Boerhaave´s Furnace: Exploring Early Modern Chemistry through Working Models.

Blood: From Humor to Hematology (2020)
Book Chapter
Verwaal, R. E. (2020). Blood: From Humor to Hematology. In D. Jalobeanu, & C. T. Wolfe (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Early Modern Philosophy and the Sciences. Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20791-9_271-1

Today blood can be defined simply as the red liquid flowing through the arteries and veins of humans and other animals. But in early modern philosophy and science, blood acquired many different meanings: it transformed from being one of the four card... Read More about Blood: From Humor to Hematology.

Een maquette op grote schaal: De campus van de Medische Faculteit Rotterdam (2020)
Book Chapter
Verwaal, R. E. (2020). Een maquette op grote schaal: De campus van de Medische Faculteit Rotterdam. In A. Flipse, & A. Streefland (Eds.), De universitaire campus (83-98). Verloren

Increasing and Reducing: Breastmilk Flows and Female Health (2020)
Book Chapter
Verwaal, R. E. (2020). Increasing and Reducing: Breastmilk Flows and Female Health. In J. Kennaway, & R. Knoeff (Eds.), Lifestyle and Medicine in the Enlightenment (223-239). Routledge