Editor’s Note
A critical edition and translation of the medical manuscripts (1666-1670) on respiration, diseases, anatomy, the medical art, its progress, and its methods, this work examines the identity of Locke as a philosopher through the lens of his formative years in medicine and chemistry at Oxford.
About the author
Claire Crignon is Professor of the History and Philosophy of Medical Sciences at the University of Lorraine. She co-founded the Biomedical Humanities Master’s program and initiative at Sorbonne University with Alexandre Escargueil. Her publications explore intersections between the history of British philosophy and the history of medical sciences, as well as the relationships between the history of philosophy, medicine, and anthropology.