Pitcairn, Archibald

Ibid., 99. A. Guerrini has similarly argued that Pitcairne derived function from structure. See Guerrini, A. (1987). Archibald Pitcairne and Newtonian Medicine. Medical History, ji, 70-83 80. Ibid., too. Lindeboom gives a detailed explanation of the division of blood particles in Linde-boom, G.A. (1970). Boerhaave s Concept of the Basic Structure of the Body. Clio Medica, j, 203-208. 

Pitcairne, A. (1745). The Philosophical and Mathematical Elements of Physick. London 7. See for Pitcairne s medicine also Cunningham, A. (1981). Sydenham versus Newton The Edinburgh Fever Dispute of the 1690s between Andrew Brown and Archibald Pitcairne. Medical History, supplement I, 71-98. 

Cunningham, A. (1981). Sydenham versus Newton The Edinburgh Fever Dispute of the 1690s between Andrew Brown and Archibald Pitcairne. ... 

Guerrini, A. (1987). Archibald Pitcairne and Newtonian Medicine. Medical History, yi, 70-83. 

Thus, Borelli (1608-1679) and his disciples favored the view that the stomach was but a mechanical mill, grinding up its contents into chyme. Mobius denied the existence of gastric acid, and Archibald Pitcairn interpreted all function in terms of mechanical activity, believing the teeth to be scissors, the stomach a fermenting vat, and the lungs and heart to be bellows and a pump, respectively. 

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