Darwin, Erasmus 1731-1802 creator text utu 2008 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Zoonomia; Or, the Laws of Organic Life, Vol. II" by Erasmus Darwin is a medical work published in 1796. This volume systematically classifies diseases into four major categories based on bodily motions: irritation, sensation, volition, and association. Darwin provides encyclopedia-style entries explaining symptoms, underlying mechanics, and treatments for various ailments. He presents his own theory of fever and catalogs medicinal substances into seven classes. While primarily a medical text, the work contains fleeting passages that hint at organic transmutation, advocating the inheritance of acquired characteristics—ideas that would later echo in evolutionary thought. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoonomia Release date is 2008-12-23 E-text prepared by Robert Shimmin, Greg Alethoup, Keith Edkins, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team Original publication data not identified Physiology -- Early works to 1800 Pathology -- Early works to 1800 Medicine -- Early works to 1800 Evolution (Biology) -- Early works to 1800 QP Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27600 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27600 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133629.0 27600