Dyde, S orcid.org/0000-0002-0056-6122 (2019) Losing One’s Temper: Contingency in Early Modern Medicine. In: Omodeo, PD and Garau, R, (eds.) Contingency and Natural Order in Early Modern Science. Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 332 . Springer , pp. 265-268. ISBN 978-3-319-67376-9
Abstract
How scientific knowledge relates to medical practice is not always straightforward. On the one hand, natural philosophers deal with the universal, with what is true regardless of all circumstances; on the other hand, physicians struggle with the immediate and pressing needs of the individual patient. Yet, in Galenic medicine there were three ways of dealing with various forms of life: the notion of temperament, a fluid understanding of disease, and a rigid method of semiotics. These three fields were interconnected; the contingencies of one were the foundations of another. Together, they bridged the gap between the universe and the patient, taming the four primary qualities of the material world for use in medical practice. Indeed, they also took on a moral dimension, providing rules of conduct to help physicians face the unknown.
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