Brunonian system of medicine
- Brunonian system of medicine
The Brunonian system of medicine is a theory of medicine which regards and treats diseases as caused by defective or excessive . It was developed by the Scottish physician John Brown and is outlined in his 1780 publication "Elementa Medicinae". It was based on the theories of his teacher William Cullen.
Although Brown's theory never became very popular in Britain, it had temporary success in America, Italy, and the German-speaking part of Europe. [Harvard reference
Author=Conrad, Lawrence I.
Last=Conrad
First=Lawrence I.
Title=The Western Medical Tradition: 800 BC–1800 AD
Publisher=Cambridge University Press
Year=1995
ID=ISBN 0521475643, page 395.] In 1802, a riot between brunonian and non-brunonian students of medicine at the University of Göttingen was stopped by cavalry. [Wilson, John L. (1999), "Stanford University School of Medicine and the Predecessor Schools: an historical perspective", [http://elane.stanford.edu/wilson/indexhome.html online book] , chapter 5, section "Medical systems".]
ee also
* François-Joseph-Victor Broussais
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