Chemistry and Medical Debate [Hardcover]

Allen G. Debus (Author)

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• Hardcover: 296 pages
• Publisher: Science History Pubns (July 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0881352926
• ISBN-13: 978-0881352924
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,035,315 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A core contribution to the study of the history of medicine, October 10, 2001

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In Chemistry And Medical Debate, Allen Debus (Morris Fishbein Professor Emeritus of the History of Science and Medicine, University of Chicago) offers an erudite and engaging discussion of the chemical philosophy of the followers of Paracelsus and van Helmont as it affected the development and practice of medicine. Professor Debus articulately describes the complex relationship of chemistry to medicine in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries by way of providing the reader with a clear and accurate understanding of the background to modern chemistry. Chemistry And Medical Debate is an impressive work of outstanding scholarship and a highly recommended, core contribution to the study of the history of medicine.