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Chymists and Chymistry: Studies in the History of Alchemy and Early Modern Chemistry

Chymists and Chymistry: Studies in the History of Alchemy and Early Modern Chemistry Book Reviews / Early Science and Medicine 13 (2008) 384­415 397 Lawrence M. Principe, ed., Chymists and Chymistry: Studies in the History of Alchemy and Early Modern Chemistry (Sagamore Beach: Watson Publishing International LLC, 2007), pp. xiv+274, $45 (cloth), ISBN 978 0 88135 396 9. This book collects twenty-two papers delivered during the International Conference on the History of Alchemy and Chymistry (Philadelphia, 2006), which was organised by the Chemical Heritage Foundation under the chairmanship of Lawrence M. Prin- cipe, who also edited these proceedings. From the collection it emerges at once that in the early modern period, chymistry was seen as a promising discipline in the sense that numerous improvements or bene- fits could be obtained from its knowledge. Didier Kahn describes how the patronage of kings and other political authorities made a difference in the life of chymists. The French King Henry IV’s patronage allowed Paracelsian iatro-chemists not only to resist the Parisian Faculty of medicine’s rejection of Paracelsianism, but also to take a political position. Nevertheless, some princes interested in chrysopoeia were prudent enough to draw up contracts with the chymists who proposed to create gold, and some of the latter, unable to honour their http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Early Science and Medicine Brill

Chymists and Chymistry: Studies in the History of Alchemy and Early Modern Chemistry

Smets, Alexis
Early Science and Medicine , Volume 13 (4): 397 – Jan 1, 2008
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© 2008 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Book Reviews / Early Science and Medicine 13 (2008) 384­415 397 Lawrence M. Principe, ed., Chymists and Chymistry: Studies in the History of Alchemy and Early Modern Chemistry (Sagamore Beach: Watson Publishing International LLC, 2007), pp. xiv+274, $45 (cloth), ISBN 978 0 88135 396 9. This book collects twenty-two papers delivered during the International Conference on the History of Alchemy and Chymistry (Philadelphia, 2006), which was organised by the Chemical Heritage Foundation under the chairmanship of Lawrence M. Prin- cipe, who also edited these proceedings. From the collection it emerges at once that in the early modern period, chymistry was seen as a promising discipline in the sense that numerous improvements or bene- fits could be obtained from its knowledge. Didier Kahn describes how the patronage of kings and other political authorities made a difference in the life of chymists. The French King Henry IV’s patronage allowed Paracelsian iatro-chemists not only to resist the Parisian Faculty of medicine’s rejection of Paracelsianism, but also to take a political position. Nevertheless, some princes interested in chrysopoeia were prudent enough to draw up contracts with the chymists who proposed to create gold, and some of the latter, unable to honour their

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