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The Art of Distillation, or, A Treatise of the Choisest Spagyricall Preparations Performed by Way of Distillation: Being Partly Taken Out of the Most Select Chymicall Authors of Severall Languages, and Partly Out of the Authors Manuall Experience: Together with the Description of the Ancient and Moderne Chymists: Also a Discourse of Divers Spagyrical Experiments and Curiosities, and of the Anatomy of Gold and Silver with the Chiefest Preparations, and Curiosities Thereof, and Vertues of Them All. . .
Composed by John French. London: Printed by Richard Cotes, and are to be sold by Thomas Williams, 1651. Woodcut ill., initials, headpieces. References: Wing 2169.
Distillation of plants, minerals, or metals such as gold, was done to extract their essence and use it as a concentrated dose for the patient.
Subjects: Distillation; Chemistry; Medicine.
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