The mystery and romance of alchemy and pharmacy (1897)
Thompson, C. J. S. (Charles John Samuel), 1862-1943 · London, The Scientific press, ltd. · leaf 72
companying illustration the alchemist,with uplifted torch, is repeating the specified in-cantation over the still, under which he has justkindled a fire, having commenced the prepara-tion of the Elixir of Life , In the year a.d. 1260, Albertus Magnus,formerly a Dominican monk, was made masterof the… … AN ALCHEMIST.From an engraving dated 1576. 54 Alchemy and Pharmacy. and works were copied by the thousand. Allkinds of extraordinary powers were attributedto him, and it was commonly stated that hecould make gold, and that he was a magician.Accused of having dealings with the evilone, he resigned…
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