Paracelsian iatrochemistry
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Paracelsian iatrochemistry was an early modern medical-chemical movement inspired by Paracelsus that sought to explain and treat disease through chemical principles and remedies rather than traditional Galenic humoral theory.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Paracelsianism | 2 |
| Paracelsian iatrochemistry canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Paracelsian iatrochemistry Context triple: [Theodore de Mayerne, movement, Paracelsian iatrochemistry]
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The Sceptical Chymist
The Sceptical Chymist is a 1661 scientific work by Robert Boyle that challenged traditional alchemy and helped lay the foundations of modern chemistry by proposing a corpuscular theory of matter.
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Traité élémentaire de chimie
Traité élémentaire de chimie is a foundational 1789 chemistry textbook by Antoine Lavoisier that helped establish modern chemical nomenclature and the law of conservation of mass.
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Elementa Physiologiae Corporis Humani
Elementa Physiologiae Corporis Humani is an 18th-century multi-volume foundational treatise on human physiology that systematically organized and advanced contemporary knowledge of the field.
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Bibliotheca Medicinae Practicae
Bibliotheca Medicinae Practicae is a comprehensive 18th-century medical bibliography and reference work compiled by Swiss physician and polymath Albrecht von Haller, cataloging and evaluating contemporary medical literature.
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Observationes medicae
Observationes medicae is a 17th-century collection of medical case histories that became an influential early work in clinical observation and pathology.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Paracelsian iatrochemistry Target entity description: Paracelsian iatrochemistry was an early modern medical-chemical movement inspired by Paracelsus that sought to explain and treat disease through chemical principles and remedies rather than traditional Galenic humoral theory.
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A.
The Sceptical Chymist
The Sceptical Chymist is a 1661 scientific work by Robert Boyle that challenged traditional alchemy and helped lay the foundations of modern chemistry by proposing a corpuscular theory of matter.
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B.
Traité élémentaire de chimie
Traité élémentaire de chimie is a foundational 1789 chemistry textbook by Antoine Lavoisier that helped establish modern chemical nomenclature and the law of conservation of mass.
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C.
Elementa Physiologiae Corporis Humani
Elementa Physiologiae Corporis Humani is an 18th-century multi-volume foundational treatise on human physiology that systematically organized and advanced contemporary knowledge of the field.
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D.
Bibliotheca Medicinae Practicae
Bibliotheca Medicinae Practicae is a comprehensive 18th-century medical bibliography and reference work compiled by Swiss physician and polymath Albrecht von Haller, cataloging and evaluating contemporary medical literature.
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E.
Observationes medicae
Observationes medicae is a 17th-century collection of medical case histories that became an influential early work in clinical observation and pathology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
early modern scientific movement
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medical-chemical movement ⓘ theory of medicine ⓘ |
| aimsTo | produce specific remedies for specific diseases ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Paracelsian iatrochemistry
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Paracelsianism
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| concerns |
explanation of disease
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treatment of disease ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | Galenic therapeutics ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
decline of purely humoral explanations of disease
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medicalization of chemistry ⓘ |
| developedInPeriod | early modern period ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
chemical causes of illness
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dose-specific chemical drugs ⓘ metal-based medicines ⓘ mineral-based medicines ⓘ |
| field | iatrochemistry ⓘ |
| focusesOn | chemical remedies ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
European medicine
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Renaissance science ⓘ |
| influenced |
early modern pharmacology
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seventeenth-century iatrochemistry ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Paracelsus ⓘ |
| opposes | Galenic humoral theory ⓘ |
| rejects | four humors theory ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
alchemy
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chymistry ⓘ |
| uses |
chemical principles
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distillation ⓘ extraction of active principles ⓘ laboratory techniques ⓘ |
| viewsBodyAs | chemical system ⓘ |
| viewsDiseaseAs | chemical imbalance ⓘ |
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Subject: Paracelsian iatrochemistry Description of subject: Paracelsian iatrochemistry was an early modern medical-chemical movement inspired by Paracelsus that sought to explain and treat disease through chemical principles and remedies rather than traditional Galenic humoral theory.
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