Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 227.8

ALEXANDRE DE LA TOURRETTE (16th century). Bref discovrs des admirables vertvs de l’or potable, auquel sōt traittez les principaux fōdemēs de la medecine, l’origine & cause de toutes maladies, & quels sont les medicamens plus propres à. Paris: Pour Iean de l’Astre, 1575. 32, 36 l; 12 cm.

La Tourrette was a Paracelsian and firm believer in alchemy as a fundamental science. This alchemical treatise on potable gold and its role as a cure for diseases was met with much criticism from Galenists of the time period.

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Cited references: Wellcome I, 3679