iatromechanical, a.
(-mɪˈkænɪkəl)
[See iatro-.]
= iatromathematical.
| [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. Renouard's Hist. Med. viii. x. 533 After the death of the celebrated professor of Leyden [sc. Boerhaave], the iatro-mechanical doctrine fell apart. 1881 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. |