A History of Chemistry 



From the Earliest Times 

 To the Present Day 



BEING ALSO 



AN INTRODUCTION TO THE 

 STUDY OF THE SCIENCE 



By ERNEST VON MEYER, Ph.D., 



Professor of Chemistry in the Technical High School, Dresden 



Translated wiih the author's sanction by GEORGE McGOWAN, Ph.D. 



Third English Edition translated from the Third German 

 Edition, with various additions and alterations 



xocvii + 6gi pages, $4.25 net 



" To physicians this work recommends itself strongly for various reasons : 

 First of all is the great value of genuine historical study for the understanding 

 of general chemistry, the increasing and fundamental importance of which to 

 medicine is evident to all. And then the historical relations between medi- 

 cine and chemistry seem to make the history of chemistry attractive on 

 medico-historical grounds as well. Many of the brightest pages in the history 

 of chemistry are written by physicians : Paracelsus, Van Helmont, Stahl, Black, 

 Berzelius, 'the brilliant model for ages to come,' and others. Finally 

 von Meyer's work recommends itself because of its style and form. Taking 

 it all in all, it is a book of rare educational value." American Medical 

 Association. 



" It is decidedly the most useful history of chemistry." The Nation. 



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