title: Blood, monsters, and necessity in Malpighi's De Polypo Cordis.
authors.affiliation: Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Indiana University, Goodbody Hall 130, Bloomington, Indiana 47405-7005, USA.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Meli
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000266:history; D001790:Blood Physiological Phenomena; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000266:history* / Q000473:pathology; D049670:History, 17th Century; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D011127:Polyps / Q000266:history* / Q000473:pathology; D011643:Publishing / Q000266:history