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Author

Roos, Anna Marie Eleanor.

Title The salt of the earth [electronic resource] : natural philosophy, medicine, and chymistry in England, 1650-1750 / by Anna Marie Roos.

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Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xvi, 293 p. : ill.
Series	History of science and medicine library, 1872-0684 ; v. 3
	History of science and medicine library ; v. 3.
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.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	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.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9789004161764 (hardback : alk. paper)