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Iatrochemist

I-aˊtro-chem′ist

,
Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] physician + E.
chemist
.]
A physician who explained or treated diseases upon chemical principles; one who practiced iatrochemistry.

Definition 2024


iatrochemist

iatrochemist

English

Noun

iatrochemist (plural iatrochemists)

  1. Someone who practiced iatrochemistry.
    • 2006, Philip Ball, The Devil's Doctor, Arrow 2007, p. 374:
      Around 1604, Ribit and Mayerne helped a fellow Huguenot and iatrochemist named Jean Béguin establish a pharmaceutical laboratory in Paris, where he offered public lectures on chemical medicine.