Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as, iatrophysical.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to iatromathematicians or their doctrine.
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- adjective obsolete Pertaining to a practice of
medicine in conjunction withastrology . - adjective Pertaining to a theory or practice of
medicine founded on mathematical principles.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Iatrophysical school (also called iatromathematical, iatromechanical, or physiatric) was founded on theories of physiology, probably by Borelli, of Naples (1608-1679), although Sanctorius; Sanctorius, a professor at Padua, was a precursor, if not directly interested in establishing it.
A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume II: The Beginnings of Modern Science 1904
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Paracelsus goes farther, and will have his physician [2848] predestinated to this man's cure, this malady; and time of cure, the scheme of each geniture inspected, gathering of herbs, of administering astrologically observed; in which Thurnesserus and some iatromathematical professors, are too superstitious in my judgment.
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An important new school of medical theory was the iatrophysical or iatromathematical (_iatros_ from the Greek -- physician).
Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699 Thomas Proctor Hughes
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