The salt of the earth natural philosophy, medicine, and chymistry in England, 1650-1750 / [electronic resource] :
by Anna Marie Roos.
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
- xvi, 293 p. : ill.
- History of science and medicine library, v. 3 1872-0684 ; .
- History of science and medicine library ; v. 3. .
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Paracelsus, 1493-1541 --Influence. Helmont, Jean Baptiste van, 1577-1644 --Influence.