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See also:IATROCHEMISTRY (coined from Gr. tarp6s, a physician, and " See also:chemistry ") , a See also:stage in the See also:history of chemistry, during which the See also:object of this See also:science was held to be " not to make See also:gold but to prepare medicines." This See also:doctrine dominated chemical thought during the 16th See also:century, its foremost sup-porters being See also:Paracelsus, See also:van See also:Helmont and de la Boe Sylvius. But it gave way to the new See also:definition formulated by See also:Boyle, viz. that the proper domain of chemistry was " to determine the See also:composition of substances." (See CHEMISTRY: I. End of Article: IATROCHEMISTRY (coined from Gr. tarp6s, a physician, and " chemistry ")Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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