Scientists would gather some representative people, and they would see patterns, and they would try and make generalizations about human nature and disease from the abstract patterns they find from these particular selected individuals.
Os cientistas reuniam  algumas pessoas representativas, percebiam padrões, tentavam e faziam generalizações sobre a natureza humana e doença, a partir de padrões abstratos  que encontravam nestes indivíduos selecionados.