See also:

• IATROCHEMISTRY (coined from Gr. tarp6s, a physician, and " chemistry ")

IATROCHEMISTRY (coined from Gr. tarp6s, a physician, and " See also:

• CHEMISTRY
• CHEMISTRY (formerly "chymistry"; Gr. xvµela; for derivation see ALCHEMY)

chemistry ")  , a See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage in the See also:

• HISTORY

history of See also:

• CHEMISTRY
• CHEMISTRY (formerly "chymistry"; Gr. xvµela; for derivation see ALCHEMY)

chemistry, during which the See also:

• OBJECT

object of this See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science was held to be " not to make See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold but to prepare medicines." This See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine dominated chemical thought during the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, its foremost sup-porters being See also:

• PARACELSUS (c. 1490-1541)

Paracelsus, See also:

• VAN

van See also:

• HELMONT, JEAN BAPTISTE VAN (1577—1644)

Helmont and de la Boe Sylvius . But it gave way to the new See also:

• DEFINITION (Lat. definitio, from de-finire, to set limits to, describe)

definition formulated by See also:

• BOYLE
• BOYLE, JOHN J
• BOYLE, ROBERT (1627-1691)

Boyle, viz. that the proper domain of chemistry was " to determine the See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition of substances." (See CHEMISTRY: I .