Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 405.5

J.G.P. (JACQUES GOHORRY, PARISIEN) (d. 1576) Discovrs responsif à celuy d’Alexāndre de la Tourrete, sur les secrets de l’art chymique & confection de l’or potable, faict en la defense de la philosophie & medecine antique, contre la nouuelle. Pour Iean de l’Astre 1575 27 p. 12 cm.

Born into nobility, Gohorry was destined to study law and be a diplomat. However, his interests in alchemy and botany led him to eventually create and maintain a private academy called Lycium Philosophal San Marcelli. .He wrote a variety of books and translated the work of Niccolo Machiavelli into French. This work is a defense of ancient philosophy and medicine, written in response to Alexandre de la Tourrette’s treatise on potable gold.

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