The blood circulation is the cause of warmth, all forces, muscle tension, inclinations, qualities, character, intelligence and madness; the cause of blood circulation should be considered the narrowing and expansion of solid particles, which occurs due to the very complex composition of the blood. The contractions of the heart are caused by the influence of the nervous fluid developing in the brain.
In general, all ivermectin are explained mechanically. Diseases occur as a result of disorders in the movement of solid parts, which leads to disorders of fluids. Medicines should reduce tension (anti-anxiety, anti-inflammatory) or increase it (firming), or change the composition of fluids (alter); means operate depending on the patient's condition, age, etc.
Another representative of the iatromechanism - Burgav - enjoyed particular fame. The body, in his opinion, consists of dense parts, which are placed in the form of levers, ropes and various devices; liquids are handled exclusively in accordance with the laws of physics; the activity of the nerves is fueled by perfume or nervous fluid; the variety of departures is explained by the speed of blood circulation, the temperature of the air contained in the organs, etc. Diseases arise from the disorder of solid parts and liquids; in the first case, there is strong tension or relaxation in the area of blood vessels, intestinal membranes and other parts; irregularities in the composition of fluids depend on alkalinity, acidity, abundance and uneven distribution of blood.
Steel, an eminent physician and chemist, is recognized as the founder of systematic animism, which is the opposite of iatromechanism. There is a higher engine, there is the basis of all life, namely the soul, and it then acts on the body through a driving force, which is not an archean, is not a sensitivity, is not an attraction, but something higher, not amenable to research and definition. The soul has higher properties - consciousness and reason - and lower ones, which are intended for organs and tissues. During illness, it is necessary to distinguish the consequences of the influence of disease-causing agents from the consequences of the soul's efforts to heal the illness, although often such a goal is not achieved.
The systems outlined above forced the study of the same phenomena from different points of view, led to a revision of methods of treatment and, finally, had the consequence of the introduction of some general concepts of properties.wah tissues and organs.
The acceptance of irritability as a general property of life was especially beneficial. Glisson, in all parts of the animal, took on the property of living parts to contract or relax under the influence of stimuli and called this property irritability.
Bourghava's disciple, Gorter, found this feature in all living things, even in animals, and distinguished it from the soul and nervous fluid or spirits. Albert Haller studied more precisely the laws of irritability and its correlation with other forces of the organism. His bibliographic writings represent veritable miracles of reading; in them he sets out the works of his predecessors and contemporaries with remarkable accuracy and impartiality. Haller distributed tissues and organs according to the degree of sensitivity and irritability, recognized the independence of both properties; he attributed sensitivity to the differences in nerves, and he separated irritability from elasticity. His experiments were repeated, and the doctrine of irritability became the starting point for new views. Howbius put irritability at the basis of all pathology, which he explained various diseases.
Cullen tries to combine the teachings of Hoffmann with the views of Haller: most diseases depend on nervous disorders that cause spasm or relaxation; but the nervous activity is due to the circulation of the blood, which irritates the nerves. His student, Brown, simplified all pathology and treatment to the extreme. His highly one-sided theory was met with sympathy at first in Germany and America, but in fact proved harmful and was soon abandoned.
Along with the desire for broad generalizations, theories and systems in the XVII and especially in the XVIII century.
