Neohipokratyzm Thomasa Sydenhama jako próba modyfikacji klasycznego standardu patologii humoralnej

• Authors: Płonka-Syroka Bożena

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Thomas Sydenham’s neo-hipocratism as an attempt to modify classic humoral pathology standard

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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Many Western scholars have researched Thomas Sydenham’s profile as a reformer of classiv humoral pathology standard and described his achievements in the field of medicine. I have discussed his achievements in my earlier works (1990-2016). I would like to describe the genesis of Sydenham’s modification of classic humoral pathology standard in this paper. Furthermore, I would like to explain the author’s reasoning according to medical knowledge of the era and to schow reasons of „epidemic constitution” conception popularity in European modern medicine. I would like do discuss also reasons of its popularity decline among the clinicians which took place gradually even before widerspread acceptance of clinical standard of bacteriology in medicine.

Keywords

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Thomas Sydenham; humoral pathology; neo-hipocratism

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Historii Nauki im. Ludwika i Aleksandra Birkenmajerów
• Journal: Analecta. Studia i Materiały z Dziejów Nauki
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 2(49)
• Pages: 39-60

Contributors

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Płonka-Syroka Bożena

• Uniwersytet Medyczny im. Piastów Śląskich we Wrocławiu