"Principles of Medicine"

…At the age of 24, he aspired to become a physician, and after receiving permission to attend lectures free of charge from Alexander Monro (1697-1767), professor of anatomy, he studied medicine for five years with tuition exemptions from each professor in recognition of his enthusiasm. In 1780, he published Elementa Medicinae, in which he advocated the Brownian theory. He believed that living organisms have the property of becoming excited by stimuli, and that they are healthy when they maintain a moderate state of excitement, but that they become ill when their state of excitement increases or decreases locally or generally, and that the physician's role is to determine the degree of excitement and either calm it down or increase it. …

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…24歳で医師を志し，解剖学教授のモンローAlexander Monro(1697‐1767)から無料聴講の許可を得たのをはじめ，熱意を認められて5年間各教授から授業料免除で，医学を修めた。1780年に《医学原論Elementa Medicinae》を刊行し〈ブラウン学説〉を唱えた。生物は刺激に対して興奮するという特性をもち，中等度の興奮状態を保つときは健康であるが，局部的，あるいは全身的に興奮状態が高まるか，弱まるときには病気となると考え，医師は興奮の度合を確かめ，それを鎮めるか，あるいは高めるのが任務だとした。…

※「《医学原論》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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