Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 122.6

BASILIUS VALENTINUS (b. 1394-?) L’azoth; ou, Le moyen de faire l’or caché des philosophes. P. Moët 1659 176, 196 p. illus. 17 cm.

The work of Basil Valentine focuses primarily on alchemy and chemistry. This particular work focuses on azoth. Considered to be a universal medicine and solvent, azoth was believed by alchemists to be the substance from which all things are created as well as the energy that moves the body and stimulates the mind.

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Cited references: Krivatsy, 871; Wellcome II, p. 111