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Science, alchemy, and the Great Plague of London

Science, alchemy, and the Great Plague of London

By Scott Shelley

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Publish Date

2017

Publisher

Algora Publishing

Language

eng

Pages

264

Description:

Shelley reviews the development of chemistry and medicine during the Scientific Revolution, especially the contributions of George Starkey, who had enormous influence over Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton. Starkey was reputedly the only physician in London with a cure for the Great Plague in 1665, though the details are lost.--