单词 | iatrochemistry |
释义 | iatrochemistryn. The theory or school of thought that existed in the 16th and 17th centuries and regarded medicine and physiology as subjects to be understood in terms of the chemistry of the time (see chemiatric adj. and n.). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > medical theories or doctrines > [noun] > Paracelsianism or iatromechanics chemistry1645 Paracelsianism1668 iatrochemistry1830 iatromathematics1830 iatromechanism1885 iatromechanics1886 iatrophysics1886 1830 T. Thomson Hist. Chem. I. v. 201 The most eminent of all the English supporters of iatro-chemistry was Thomas Willis, who was a contemporary of Sylvius. 1881 H. E. Roscoe & C. Schorlemmer Treat. Chem. III. i. 4 Towards the sixteenth century, the cultivators of this science [sc. alchemy]..exhibited activity mainly in two directions, in the first place in the prosecution of the branch science of metallurgy, and secondly, in the development of iatrochemistry. 1904 Science 1 July 2/2 It is difficult to realize at the present time how the iatrochemistry developed and flourished as long as it did. 1909 P. J. Hartog in Dict. National Biogr. XIII. 176/2 Mayow stands immeasurably above such men as Willis and Sylvius, with their medley of half-digested Cartesianism and iatrochemistry. 1958 L. Thorndike Hist. Magic & Exper. Sci. VIII. xxvii. 117 The alchemy and iatrochemistry and medicine of the late seventeenth century differed little from that of the early seventeenth century, especially in Germany. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1830 |
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