Penn Library's LJS 171 - Physica ... [etc.]. (Video Orientation)

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Arts and Humanities
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Latin
Descartes, RenƩ, 1596-1650. Principia philosophiae.
Cinchona bark--Therapeutic use--Early works to 1800.
Fever--Early works to 1800.
Fever.
Medicine--Early works to 1800.
Medicine.
Philosophy--Early works to 1800.
Philosophy.
Cinchona bark.
codices (bound manuscripts)
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Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts, European.
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2025
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Video Orientation to the University of Pennsylvania Library's LJS 171, commentaries on Parts 2-4 (De principiis rerum materialium, De mundo adspectabili, De terra) of the Principia philosophiae of René Descartes, as well as a work by Descartes on meteors, all under the heading Physica, followed by medical treatises on Peruvian bark (used as a cure for fevers) and fevers more generally, and additional Cartesian writings considering motion, location, and infinity.

Possibly written in Italy, after 1696 (date of latest work referred to in text).

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