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iatromathematician|-mæθɪməˈtɪʃən|
[f. as prec., after mathematician: in F. iatromathématicien.]
One belonging to the iatromathematical school.
1727Bailey vol. II, Iatromathematician, a Physician, who considers Diseases, and their Causes mathematically, and prescribes according to mathematical proportions. 1838–9Hallam Hist. Lit. IV. iv. viii. §38. 362 Pitcairn and Boerhaave were leaders of the iatro-mathematicians. 1858Whewell Hist. Sci. Ideas ix. ii. §3 II. 185 Several of the iatromathematicians were at the same time teachers of engineering and of medicine. |