TY  - JOUR
A1  - Stockhorst, Stefanie
ED  - Stockhorst, Stefanie
ED  - Overhoff, Jürgen
ED  - Corfield, Penelope J.
T1  - The Invention of the ‚cheval-machine‘ as a Medical Response to the Machine Paradigm of the Enlightenment
BT  - Samuel Theodor Quellmaltz in Context
JF  - Human-animal interactions in the eighteenth century : from pests and predators to pets, poems and philosophy
N2  - In 1735, the Leipzig professor of medicine Samuel Theodor Quellmaltz (1696–1758) designed and built an artificial horse. He presented it in an illustrated construction manual, which included precise information about the materials and dimensions of this wooden horse for therapeutic use. This contribution analyses Quellmaltz’s invention of the ‘machine horse’ as a medical and technological contribution to prevalent theories about the paradigmatic role of the machine in Enlightenment thought.
N2  - En 1735, le professeur de médecine de Leipzig Samuel Theodor Quellmaltz (1696–1758) a conçu et fabriqué un cheval artificiel. Il l’a présenté dans un manuel de construction illustré avec des informations précises sur les matériaux et les dimensions de ce cheval en bois à usage thérapeutique. Cette contribution analyse l’invention du ‘cheval-machine’ par Quellmaltz en tant que contribution médicale et technologique au paradigme des machines au siècle des Lumières.
KW  - Animal Studies
Y1  - 2022
SN  - 978-90-04-49539-5
SN  - 978-90-04-44872-8
U6  - https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1163/9789004495395_006
VL  - 2022
SP  - 43
EP  - 67
PB  - Brill
CY  - Leiden
ER  -