Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life

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biological treatise medical treatise scientific book

Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life is an influential late-18th-century medical and biological treatise by Erasmus Darwin that proposed early ideas about evolution, physiology, and the organization of living beings.

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instanceOf biological treatise ⓘ
medical treatise ⓘ
scientific book ⓘ
addresses mechanisms of life and disease ⓘ
organization of living beings ⓘ
alternativeTitle Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life ⓘ
surface form: Zoonomia
author Erasmus Darwin ⓘ
completionYear 1796 ⓘ
containsEarlyIdeaOf adaptation through environmental influence ⓘ
biological evolution ⓘ
common ancestry of living beings ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Great Britain ⓘ
discusses classification of diseases ⓘ
heredity ⓘ
mental faculties ⓘ
muscular motion ⓘ
nervous system ⓘ
sensory perception ⓘ
field natural history ⓘ
theoretical medicine ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1794 ⓘ
fullTitle Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life self-link ⓘ
genre scientific prose ⓘ
hasAuthorOccupation natural philosopher ⓘ
physician ⓘ
historicalSignificance important contribution to Enlightenment medicine ⓘ
major pre-Darwinian evolutionary work ⓘ
influenced Charles Darwin ⓘ
early evolutionary thought ⓘ
language English ⓘ
numberOfVolumes 2 ⓘ
printedIn London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
proposesConcept laws of organic motion ⓘ
living filaments as basis of life ⓘ
proposesTheoryOf disease classification ⓘ
generation and reproduction ⓘ
organic life ⓘ
publicationCentury 18th century ⓘ
publicationPeriod late 18th century ⓘ
relatedWork Temple of Nature ⓘ
surface form: The Temple of Nature
subject biology ⓘ
evolution ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
pathology ⓘ
physiology ⓘ
psychology ⓘ
timeOfAuthorship Enlightenment era ⓘ

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Erasmus Darwin → notableWork → Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life ⓘ
Temple of Nature → relatedWork → Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zoonomia
Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life → fullTitle → Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life self-link ⓘ
Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life → alternativeTitle → Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zoonomia
The Botanic Garden → relatedWork → Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zoonomia
Elizabeth Pole Darwin → spouse's notable work → Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zoonomia