Roos, Anna Marie Eleanor.

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.


Science--Philosophy--History--Europe--16th century.
Science--Philosophy--History--Europe--17th century.
Medicine--Philosophy--History--Europe--16th century.
Medicine--Philosophy--History--Europe--17th century.
Salt--History.--Europe
Salt--Health aspects.
Renaissance.


Electronic books.

Q127.E8 / R6712 2007

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