BONE COMPOSITION AND THE BIRTH OF QUANTITATIVE CHEMISTRY

Authors

  • Natale Gaspare De Santo Second University of Naples Department of Medicine
  • Rosa Maria De Santo Italian Institute for Philosophical Studies Naples
  • Rado Pišot University of Primorska Science and Research Centre Koper
  • Carmela Bisaccia Mazzini Institute Naples
  • Alessandra Perna Second University of Naples Chair of Nephrology
  • Mariano Bizzarri University of Rome La Sapienza
  • Vito Andrea Di Leo Istituto Neurotraumatologico Italiano Villa Dante, Guidonia
  • Giancarlo Bilancio University of Salerno Division of Nephrology
  • Massimo Cirillo University of Salerno Division of Nephrology

Abstract

Bone is an important tissue for space specialists since it undergoes significant changes under microgravity conditions and its healing is slow. Bone has been considered a special tissue since the very inception of medical theories. In Akragas, Empedocles’ (493-432 BC) hypothesis regarding bone was that it was made of two parts earth, two parts water and four parts fire, thus marking the beginning of quantitative chemistry.

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24-12-2011

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De Santo, N. G., De Santo, R. M., Pišot, R., Bisaccia, C., Perna, A., Bizzarri, M., Di Leo, V. A., Bilancio, G., & Cirillo, M. (2011). BONE COMPOSITION AND THE BIRTH OF QUANTITATIVE CHEMISTRY. Annales Kinesiologiae, 2(2). Retrieved from http://ojs.zrs-kp.si/index.php/AK/article/view/78

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