Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 293 pages) : illustrations. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
History of science and medicine library,
1872-0684 ;
v. 3
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History of science and medicine library ; v. 3.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
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. |
Summary |
Consisting of a series of case studies, this book discusses the concept and uses of salt in early modern science, which have played a crucial role in the evolution of matter theory from Aristotelian concepts of the elements to Newtonian chymistry. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Paracelsus, 1493-1541 -- Influence.
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Paracelsus, 1493-1541. |
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Helmont, Jean Baptiste van, 1577-1644 -- Influence.
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Helmont, Jean Baptiste van, 1577-1644. |
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Paracelsus, 1493-1541 -- Influence. |
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Helmont, Jean Baptiste van, 1577-1644 -- Influence. |
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Science -- Europe -- Philosophy -- History -- 16th century.
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Science. |
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Europe. |
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Philosophy. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
16th century |
Subject |
Science -- Europe -- Philosophy -- History -- 17th century.
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Chronological Term |
17th century |
Subject |
Medicine -- Europe -- Philosophy -- History -- 16th century.
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Medicine. |
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Medicine -- Europe -- Philosophy -- History -- 17th century.
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Salt -- Europe -- History.
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Salt. |
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Salt -- Health aspects.
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Salt -- Health aspects. |
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Renaissance.
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Renaissance. |
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Sodium Chloride -- history. |
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History, 17th Century. |
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History, 18th Century. |
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Sodium Chloride -- chemistry. |
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Sodium Chloride -- therapeutic use. |
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England. |
Chronological Term |
1500-1699 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Roos, Anna Marie Eleanor. Salt of the earth. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007 (DLC) 2007027772 |
ISBN |
9789047421412 (electronic book) |
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9047421418 (electronic book) |
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9004161767 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9789004161764 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9789004161764 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
Standard No. |
10.1163/ej.9789004161764.i-296 |
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