Fantini B
Institut Louis Jeantet d'Histoire de la Médecine, Université de Genève.
Med Secoli. 1994;6(3):543-80.
The chemical revolution which arose between XVIIIth and XIXth centuries, had a special influence on the studies about living organisms and medicine. The idea was that the laboratory's discoveries could be applied to all the chemical transformation occurring in the human body. This point of view allowed the development of exerimental physiology and led to the birth of physiological chemistry; it influenced also a new theoretical discussion in medicine, by suggesting possible application to diagnostic and therapy. Paradoxically, in consideration of the importance of iatrochemistry in last centuries, the chemical revolution had a really small influence on medical systems.
18世纪至19世纪发生的化学革命对生物体和医学研究产生了特殊影响。当时的观点认为，实验室的发现可以应用于人体发生的所有化学转化。这种观点推动了实验生理学的发展，并催生了生理化学；它还通过提出在诊断和治疗中的可能应用，影响了医学领域的一场新的理论讨论。矛盾的是，考虑到近几个世纪医化学的重要性，化学革命对医学体系的影响实际上很小。
