A scholar in a surgeon's workroom with a jar of spirits containing Saint Michael defeating a dragon with a barbued tonge; representing the scholar's knowledge of chemistry enabling surgeons to heal, by setting the beneficent force of alkalis against the noxious force of acids. Etching by P.P. Bouche, ca. 1686.
- Muys, Jan, 1656-after 1699.
- Date:
- 1686
- Reference:
- 26003i
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Muys describes acids as the cause of disease, and alkalis as the cure
Publication/Creation
1686
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1 print : line engraving ; image 13.8 x 8.8 cm
Lettering
The spirit divine is an alkalÿ stout which conquers the D---- the world throughout. P.P. Bouche sculp.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 26003i
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