title: [Odontology and the beginning of cartesianism (1673--1650) (Rene Descartes)].
abstract: In the seventeenth century the universities of the Netherlands underwent the influence of Descartes in all the faculties. In medicine three periods can be distinguished: in the first, pathology and therapy are still galenic; the second, by the application of the cartesian method, triumphs in physiology; and the third, corrected by the views of Newton is integrated in a moderate biomechanism.
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical / Q000266:history*; D005602:France; D049670:History, 17th Century; D009426:Netherlands; D010684:Philosophy; D010827:Physiology / Q000266:history*
vernacular_title: Odontologie et cartesianisme naissant (1637--1650).