iatromechanicaladj.
/ʌɪˌatrə(ʊ)mɪˈkanɪkəl/ = iatromathematical adj.
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chemistical1559
chemical1585
chemic1601
mechanical1707
chemico-medical1744
iatro-chemical1832
iatromathematical1832
chemiatric1839
iatromechanical1856
iatrophysical1883
1801 K. Sprengel Versuch einer pragm. Geschichte d. Arzneikunde (ed. 2) IV. xiv. 500 Die Schule..heisst die iatromathematische oder iatromechanische.]
1856 C. G. Comegys tr. P.-V. Renouard Hist. Med. viii. x. 533 After the death of the celebrated professor of Leyden [sc. Boerhaave], the iatro-mechanical doctrine fell apart.
1881 T. H. Huxley in Nature No. 615. 345 This conclusion strikes at the root of the whole iatro-mechanical system.
1971 Nature 30 July 351/1 Long established Aristotelian doctrines began to crumble before the assault of Baconian empiricism and atomism modified by Descartes, Gassendi and Boyle: the emergence of the iatrochemical and iatromechanical ‘schools’ of medicine completed the rout.
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