iatromechanism
(aɪætrəʊˈmɛkənɪz(ə)m)
[f. iatro- + mechanism.]
= iatromathematics b.
| 1885 Index-Catal. Library Surg.-General's Office, U.S. Army VI. 769 (subject heading) Iatro-mechanism. 1886 Syd. Soc. Lex., Iatromechanism, the doctrine of the Iatromechanics. 1926 C. G. Cumston Introd. Hist. Med. xxi. 351 Towards the end of the XVIIth century Iatromechanism so completely counterbalanced Iatrochemistry that the mechanics of the living being rather than the composition of the humours became the object of study. |