McMahon C E
Chest. 1976 Apr;69(4):531-7. doi: 10.1378/chest.69.4.531.
Prior to the discovery of the circulation of the blood and the advent of modern mind-body dualism, heart disease was conceived as invariably psychosomatic. Familiar vestiges of premodern theory are found in such expressions as "bighearted," "warmhearted," "brokenhearted," and so on. The original medical meanings of such expressions are explained. The historical disappearance of the psychosomatic approach to cardiovascular disease is explained as a product of dualistic thinking and the mechanistic physiopathology it created. It is urged that contemporaries could profit from a return to a holistic view of the disease process.
在血液循环被发现以及现代心身二元论出现之前，心脏病一直被认为完全是心身相关的。诸如“宽宏大量”“热心肠”“心碎”等表述中可以找到前现代理论的常见痕迹。文中解释了这些表述最初的医学含义。心血管疾病的心身相关研究方法在历史上的消失被解释为二元论思维及其所产生的机械生理病理学的产物。有人主张，当代人可以从回归对疾病过程的整体看法中受益。
