Iatrophysicist - Iatrophysicist

Japanese: イアトロフィジシスト - いあとろふぃじしすと
Iatrophysicist - Iatrophysicist

...This provided the basis for the theory of evolution in the following century.
[Changes in outlook on life]
In terms of views on life, from the 16th to the 17th century, the ideas of the iatrochemists (medical chemistry school) originating from S. Santorio and Van Helmont, the iatrophysicists (medical physics school) represented by Borelli, and Descartes' dualism all attempted to understand the phenomenon of life in a unified way, reflecting the advances in physics and chemistry at the time. While these various views on life provided direction for experiments and observations, the views on life themselves also underwent changes due to new knowledge.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "iatrophysicist" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これは次の世紀での進化論に基礎を与えるものであった。
[生命観の変化]
 生命観についてみると,16世紀から17世紀にかけてはS.サントリオやファン・ヘルモントに発したイアトロケミスト(医療化学派),ボレリに代表されるイアトロフィジシスト(医療物理学派)の考えかた,またデカルトの二元論などが,それぞれの時点での物理学や化学の進歩を反映しつつ,生命現象を統一的にとらえようと試みてきた。こうした各種の生命観は,実験や観察に方向づけを与える一方,生命観のほうも新しい知見によって変化をとげていった。…

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