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.
Gli scienziati selezionavano  alcune persone rappresentative e cercavano schemi, provavano a fare generalizzazioni  sulla natura umana e sulle malattie a partire dagli schemi astratti che trovavano da questi individui selezionati.