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  or the four humors,
  或者说四种体液之上
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  essentially on Aristotelian natural philosophy.
  本质上是建立在亚里斯多德自然哲学之上的
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  Chemistry, however,
  然而 化学
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  undermined the humoral elements,
  逐渐破坏了体液元素理论
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  the four elements,
  这四种元素
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  and began to replace them with a wholly different set,
  逐渐被一种全然不同的组合所取代
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  leading ultimately to the periodic table.
  最终导致元素周期表的诞生
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  So, the whole basis of the four elements comes to be undermined
  因此 这四种元素的全部基础
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  by the chemical revolution.
  被化学革命逐渐破坏掉了
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  Indeed, there is a development of
  诚然 后来出现了一种
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  what's called iatrochemistry,
  叫化学疗法的新进展
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  which is the view that
  其理论认为