1. Bowland and Morus - The New Biology
But in the late nineteenth century biological scientists started an effort to steer their profession out of the field and into the lab. ... It had long been utilized by physicians for medical education in conjunction with anatomy, but applying experimental methods made a new understanding of the body possible. ... As the study of physiology progressed, there was debate about the theories of vitalism, where the body is energized by a soul or life force. Physiology was following a more materialist viewpoint in which the body is merely a complex mechanism driven by physical forces. ... As in natu...
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