The salt of the earth [electronic resource] : natural philosophy, medicine, and chymistry in England, 1650-1750 / by Anna Marie Roos.
Series: History of science and medicine library ; v. 3.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.Description: 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
- Renaissance
- 546/.3409409031 22
- Q127.E8 R6712 2007eb
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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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