Complete Definition of "iatrochemistry"

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From term|iatro- + term|chemical.

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  1. context|chemistry|medicine An early branch of chemistry, having roots in alchemy, that tried to provide chemical remedies to diseases.

#*2003: A parallel bid to read the body in terms of the new science came from iatrochemistry. � Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 53)

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