Comparative Investigation of the Nomenclature and Taxonomy in Early Modern Anatomy and Botany

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23701008
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Sociology/History of science and technology
Research Institution	Juntendo University
Principal Investigator	SAWAI Tadashi 順天堂大学, 医学部, 助教 (40407268)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2012
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Keywords	初期近代科学 / 解剖学 / 植物学 / 分類法 / 命名法 / 科学史 / 植物学史 / 解剖学史 / 分類 / 学名 / 専門用語
Research Abstract	We analyze anatomical and botanical terms in 16th and 17 the century books. In these books there were a lot of synonyms and each item was poorly classified. We showed that Gaspard Bauhin (1560-1624) conquered these difficulties by introducing primitive binominal nomenclature and his successors denominated individual plants and parts of human body by the same method as Bauhin’s.