The mystery and romance of alchemy and pharmacy (1897)

360 Pages·2001·9.35 MB·English

by  Dr. C.J.S. Thompson

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THE MYSTERY AND ROMANCE
ALCHEMY AND PHARMACY
THE SCIENTIFIC PRESS, LTD.
THE MYSTERY AND ROMANCE
OF
ALCHEMY AND PHARMACY
BV
THOMPSON
C. J. S.
AUTHOR OF "POISON ROMANCE AND POISON MYSTERIES,'
"THEchemist'sCOMPENDIUM,""THECULTOFBEAUTY,"
ETC., ETC.
LONDON
THE SCIENTIFIC PRESS, Limited
28 & 29 SOUTHAMPTON STREET, STRAND, W.C.
1897
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PREFACE.
It has been my endeavour in the following
pages to sketch, however imperfectly, some
phases of the romance and mystery that have
surrounded the arts of medicine, alchemy, and
pharmacy from the earliest period of which we
have record down to the close of the eighteenth
century. The influence of the past on the
present is greater than we commonly suppose.
In this age of rapid scientific progress and
brilliant research, we are apt to overlook and
lose sight of the patient labours of the early
pioneers of science, many of whom laid the
foundations of discoveries that have since proved
of inestimable value to mankind. Hence the
history of the past, whether in science or in art,
is always worthy of study and attention.
My
thanks are due to the Editor of the
Pharmaceutical Journal for permission to repro-
duce several illustrations which appeared in its
pages together with a portion of this work.
T
C. J. S.
Liverpool, 1897.
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