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The Chemical Philosophy

Paracelsian Science and Medicine in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

by Allen G. Debus

A two-volume survey of the Paracelsian movement and its 'chemical philosophy' across Europe. Debus follows the debates between chemical physicians and Galenists and shows how Paracelsian ideas shaped early modern science and medicine.

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