▁adv ances ▁in ▁surg ery ▁( al beit ▁based ▁on ▁access ▁to ▁and ▁development ▁of ▁original ▁Greek ▁medical ▁writ ings ▁and ▁more ▁modern ▁Greek ▁surg ical ▁practice ), ▁came ▁to ▁domin ate ▁Western ▁science . ▁ ▁In ▁Germany , ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁Rudolf ▁Vir ch ow , ▁while ▁drawing ▁from ▁the ▁adv ances ▁made ▁by ▁Rom antic ▁science , ▁effectively ▁reduced ▁and ▁simplified ▁them ▁more ▁in ▁line ▁with ▁what ▁the ▁intellect ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁grasp . ▁The ▁achiev ements ▁of ▁Rom antic ▁Science ▁and ▁Medicine ▁could ▁not ▁be ▁denied , ▁but ▁neither ▁could ▁they ▁be ▁accepted ; ▁instead , ▁the ▁follow ers ▁of ▁the ▁Rom antic ▁tradition ▁were ▁either ▁den igr ated ▁as ▁considered ▁mis gu ided , ▁occ ult , ▁and ▁ultimately ▁dream ers ▁rather ▁than ▁serious ▁scient ists . ▁The ▁following ▁histor i ographic ▁assess ment ▁is ▁the ▁one ▁that ▁has ▁generally ▁pre va iled ▁until ▁recently . ▁ ▁Ar ound ▁the ▁middle ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 8 0 0 s , ▁medicine ▁makes ▁a ▁gig antic ▁sur ge ▁into ▁a ▁critical , ▁empir ical - anal yt ical ▁research ▁project : ▁Vir ch ow ' s ▁demand ▁for ▁a ▁strict , ▁natural ▁[ in ert ial ] ▁scientific ▁method ▁then ▁enabled ▁medical ▁thinking ▁to ▁dis ent angle ▁itself ▁from ▁the ▁flow ery ▁and ▁th orn y ▁fields ▁of ▁rom antic ▁Natur ph il osoph ie ▁and ▁to ▁trans plant ▁itself ▁into ▁the ▁earth ▁of ▁natural ▁scientific - anal yt ic ▁procedure . ▁( Sch ren k ▁ 1 9 7