Poglądy na temat leczniczych właściwości antymonitu w przeszłości, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem okresu alchemicznego

• Authors: Bela Zbigniew

Title variants

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Historical Opinions about Therapeutic Properties of Stibnite with Particular Consideration of the Period of Alchemy

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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The main purpose of this review of opinions on the therapeutic properties of stibnite is to demonstrate that the 16th and 17th-century experiments of alchemists with stibnite and its compounds, although they did not “rejuvenate an old man” (Paracelsus), nor did they “eliminate all poisons from the human body” (Basilius Valentinus), were nevertheless appreciated by official medicine not only in the abovementioned period but still in the 20th century.

Keywords

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stibnite; Dioscorides; Celsus; Avicenna; alchemy; regulus; Rupescissa; quinta; essentia; Paracelsus; Quintesence of Antimony; Basilius; Valentinus; Glass of Antimony; Poudre des Chartreux; Oil of Antimony; Liver of Antimony; Elixir of Antimony; Balsam of Antimony; antimony cup; everlasting pills

• Publisher: Instytut Historii Nauki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
• Journal: Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 62
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 7–27

Contributors

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Bela Zbigniew

• Muzeum Farmacji Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Kraków