DURING THi; MIDDLE AGE. ui 



Thcophraftns Paracelfus drew the attention of 

 every body fo much by his chemical medicines, 

 that lie was the iirfl. who was appointed to teach 

 pubiicly che?viiitry at jfciiil, in the year 1527. 

 lit' was fo violent in his hatred at all fcholailio 

 and Arabian productions, that in a rage he-burn- 

 ed the writings of Avicennu and Galen at his 

 lirll lechire ; fwearing, that full as much learn- 

 ing \vjis contained in his cap. ]>y his induftry, 

 tlic difference between chemical remedies and 

 ;.V'ier,ioal was chilly -increaied. It i> reported, 

 tiiat he cured many difcafcs by the means of o- 

 pium andquicklilvcr. The fmgubr manner of 

 Jiving praclik'd by this man gained him c(jiml 

 enc'mics and admirers, ills followers jofcph du 

 C'iiefnc, commonly called Qucrceta, Theodore 

 (!- Mayonnc, and fcvcral others, proclaimed tht: 

 nnivciial cxcciicncc of chemical medicines. In 

 flic year 1609, Crollius publiihed a method of 

 preparing incrcurius duicis. Many ditilcultics, 

 hov.'cvcr, attended as yet the progrcfs of fcience. 

 'I'iic life of antimony was prohibited by the fu- 

 ]>rcme council of Paris, by an edict in 1566: 

 which was renewed in 1650: And Befnier \vas 

 cxpeiicd the faculty of medicine in 1609, for 

 having given antimony in his practice. In the 

 year 1590, the Faculty of Paris publifhcd a col- 

 Icdlion of all the proper medicines to be ufcd. 

 The edition of 1637, contains vimtm antimonia- 

 turn : B*it tiiis diipcnfatory was not fan&ioned 



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