title: Introduction: Within or beyond the paradigm shift? Teleology and mechanism in the early modern medical discourse on the functions of the living body.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lo Presti
mesh_terms: D006666:History of Medicine; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D018594:Human Body; D006801:Humans; D010686:Philosophy, Medical / Q000266:history