The salt of the earth [electronic resource] : natural philosophy, medicine, and chymistry in England, 1650-1750 / by Anna Marie Roos.

By: Roos, Anna Marie EleanorContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: History of science and medicine library ; v. 3.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007Description: xvi, 293 p. : illSubject(s): Paracelsus, 1493-1541 -- Influence | Helmont, Jean Baptiste van, 1577-1644 -- Influence | Science -- Europe -- Philosophy -- History -- 16th century | Science -- Europe -- Philosophy -- History -- 17th century | Medicine -- Europe -- Philosophy -- History -- 16th century | Medicine -- Europe -- Philosophy -- History -- 17th century | Salt -- Europe -- History | Salt -- Health aspects | RenaissanceGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 546/.3409409031 LOC classification: Q127.E8 | R6712 2007Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
The context of salts -- Paracelsian concepts of salts -- Van Helmont, salts, and natural history in early modern England -- From salts to saline spirits-the rise of acids -- Salts and saline spirits in the medical marketplace and literature : patent medicines and chymical satire.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The context of salts -- Paracelsian concepts of salts -- Van Helmont, salts, and natural history in early modern England -- From salts to saline spirits-the rise of acids -- Salts and saline spirits in the medical marketplace and literature : patent medicines and chymical satire.

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