▁vital ist ▁controvers y , ▁while ▁Mary ▁Sh elle y ▁read ▁Gall ▁and ▁Sp urz heim ; ▁Bla ke ▁eng ra ved ▁pl ates ▁for ▁medical ▁literature ▁published ▁by ▁Joseph ▁Johnson ; ▁and ▁Ke ats , ▁of ▁course , ▁was ▁trained ▁as ▁a ▁phys ician . ▁ ▁The ▁imp et us ▁for ▁Rom antic ▁ideas ▁in ▁medicine ▁came ▁from ▁the ▁Great ▁Britain , ▁and ▁more ▁specifically ▁Scotland ▁- ▁John ▁Hunter ▁( 1 7 2 8 – 9 3 ) ▁- ▁and ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁life ▁as ▁a ▁principle ▁not ▁redu cible ▁to ▁material ▁construct s , ▁and ▁John ▁Brown ▁( 1 7 3 5 – 8 8 ), ▁founder ▁of ▁the ▁Brun onian ▁system ▁of ▁medicine ▁( see ▁also , ▁Rom antic ism ▁in ▁Scotland # S cience ). ▁The ▁ne x us ▁for ▁Rom antic ▁Medicine ▁was ▁Germany , ▁largely ▁n urt ured ▁and ▁gu ided ▁by ▁German ▁natural ▁scientific ▁in qui ries ▁regarding ▁the ▁vital ▁aspects ▁of ▁nature , ▁such ▁as ▁that ▁of ▁Johann ▁Friedrich ▁Bl umen bach ▁( 1 7 5 2 – 1 8 4 0 ) ▁and ▁his ▁influ ential ▁ideas ▁regarding ▁a ▁life ▁principle ▁( B ild ung str ieb ), ▁a ▁form ative ▁drive ▁( nis us ▁form atives ) ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁a ▁philosoph ical ▁tradition ▁that ▁emphas ized ▁the ▁dynamic ▁aspects ▁of ▁man ▁and ▁nature , ▁and ▁their ▁essential ▁relationship ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁unity ▁- ▁German ▁ideal ism ▁and ▁Natur ph il osoph ie ▁- ▁all ▁gu ided ▁by ▁Im manuel ▁Kant '