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Matters of the heart [electronic resource] : history, medicine, and emotion / Fay Bound Alberti.
By: Alberti, Fay Bound
.Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2010Description: 1 online resource (viii, 228 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780191701207 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Heart -- Diseases -- Social aspects -- History | Heart -- Anatomy | Heart -- Symbolic aspects | Emotions | Mind and bodyAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780199540976DDC classification: 616.12 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: The heart is the most symbolic organ of the human body. Across cultures it is seen as the site of emotions, as well as the origin of life. This book traces the ways emotions have been understood between the 17th and 19th centuries as both physical entities and spiritual experiences.
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The heart is the most symbolic organ of the human body. Across cultures it is seen as the site of emotions, as well as the origin of life. This book traces the ways emotions have been understood between the 17th and 19th centuries as both physical entities and spiritual experiences.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.