| Description Of Item | Lecture notes with amendments. The 'History of Chemistry' is divided into six lectures on history of chemistry, history of pharmaceutical chemistry, history of Paracelsus and his innovations. An insert at p53 gives additional material for lecture IV; an insert at p66 (lecture V) gives additional material for the history of pharmaceutical chemistry; and an insert at the end gives details of chemists 'before the time of Mr Boyle' who were worthy of study - George Agricola, Lazarus Ercker, John Kunckel, Rodolph Glauber and Joachim Becher. Paracelsus is covered in lecture VI. Undated. Date approximate. |