title: FINALISM AND POSITIVISM IN NINETEENTH CENTURY AMERICAN PHYSIOLOGICAL THOUGHT.
mesh_terms: D005006:Ethnicity; D006664:History; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D010684:Philosophy; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D010827:Physiology; D014481:United States; D014799:Vitalism
keywords: HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 19TH CENT.; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PHYSIOLOGY; VITALISM