Claire Bubb
Biographic Data
| ID | 5532379 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Claire Bubb |
| GIVEN NAMES | Claire |
| FAMILY NAME | Bubb |
| SIGNATURE | BUBB C |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8094-5279 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Aristotelian Zoology in the First and Second Centuries CE
This article argues that there was active participation in Aristotle’s biological research program in the first and second centuries CE. No zoological literature survives from this period, which has led to the general assumption that there was no meaningful engagement with Aristotelian zoology until as late as the thirteenth century. However, drawing primarily on the work of Apuleius and Galen, I argue that there is sufficient evidence descriptiv…
Ancient Conceptions of the Human Uterus
The numerous votive uteri found across the central Italian peninsula from the fourth to first centuries BCE are puzzlingly evocative of the human simplex uterus, which is visually distinct from the bicornuate uteri characteristic of most other mammals. However, human dissection is not attested for this time and place, while animal butchery was common. This article uses modern veterinary anatomical imagery to argue that animal uteri — specifically…
Medicine and the Law under the Roman Empire
Blood Flow in Aristotle
Modern readers view ancient theories of blood flow through the lens of circulation. Since the nineteenth century, scholarly work on the ancient understanding of the vascular system has run the gamut from attempting to prove that an ancient author had in fact, to some extent or another, pre-empted Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood or towards attempting, often with some empathetic embarrassment, to explain the failure on the part o…
Blood Flow in Aristotle
Modern readers view ancient theories of blood flow through the lens of circulation. Since the nineteenth century, scholarly work on the ancient understanding of the vascular system has run the gamut from attempting to prove that an ancient author had in fact, to some extent or another, pre-empted Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood or towards attempting, often with some empathetic embarrassment, to explain the failure on the part o…
Blood Flow in Aristotle
Modern readers view ancient theories of blood flow through the lens of circulation. Since the nineteenth century, scholarly work on the ancient understanding of the vascular system has run the gamut from attempting to prove that an ancient author had in fact, to some extent or another, pre-empted Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood or towards attempting, often with some empathetic embarrassment, to explain the failure on the part o…
Medicine and the Law under the Roman Empire
Ancient Conceptions of the Human Uterus
The numerous votive uteri found across the central Italian peninsula from the fourth to first centuries BCE are puzzlingly evocative of the human simplex uterus, which is visually distinct from the bicornuate uteri characteristic of most other mammals. However, human dissection is not attested for this time and place, while animal butchery was common. This article uses modern veterinary anatomical imagery to argue that animal uteri — specifically…
Aristotelian Zoology in the First and Second Centuries CE
This article argues that there was active participation in Aristotle’s biological research program in the first and second centuries CE. No zoological literature survives from this period, which has led to the general assumption that there was no meaningful engagement with Aristotelian zoology until as late as the thirteenth century. However, drawing primarily on the work of Apuleius and Galen, I argue that there is sufficient evidence descriptiv…
History (3 works) · History of Medicine Studies (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Bicornuate uterus (1 works) · Biology (1 works)