一六一四年,一洋人(其名:Santorio Santorio)刊一巨著(書名:Ars de statica medecina),論人體代謝之實驗。錄秤於食、宿、飲、泄、性洩、茹素之前後。述其食之多者,如其之說「無知覺排汗」而失之。前人未通代謝之事,普信「生機論」。[三]凡攸關生機之事,自依一理,皆非格學可窺,循非格學之道,自有定自我之力。靈非物也,無通格學。僅之生物可轉非官品成官品。[四][五]瑞典化學之父(其名:Jöns Jacob Berzelius),亦同與民堅信,始用有機化學一詞,以述之「生物物質之化學研究」。[四]然,其徒以氰酸鉀、硫酸銨求氰酸銨,誤得脲,其官品也,續謬論終之。[六][四]
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