was a major blow; although,

是对这个学说的重大打击
oddly enough Harvey himself never rejected humoralism,

虽然哈维自己从未否定过体液论
Hippocrates and galen.

或者希波克拉底和盖伦
Then there was the scientific revolution.

这之后就是科学革命
And in particular one can think of the chemical

其中人们能想到的关于医学的特别例子是
revolution associated with men like Joseph Priestly and Antoine Lavoisier.

关于约瑟夫·普里斯蒂和安东尼·拉瓦锡
They destroyed the Aristotelian notion of elements.

他们推翻了亚里士多德的有关元素的概念
Earth and air, for example,

例如他所说的两种元素土和气
were found themselves to be composed of

它们被发现
a great number of modern elements that go to make up

是由很多的现代元素所构成的
what we know as the periodic table.

这些元素来自我们所熟知的元素周期表
And more generally,

更加普遍的是