Paracelsian iatrochemistry

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Paracelsian iatrochemistry was an early modern medical-chemical movement inspired by Paracelsus that sought to explain and treat disease through chemical principles and remedies rather than traditional Galenic humoral theory.

All labels observed (2)

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Paracelsianism 2
Paracelsian iatrochemistry canonical 1

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Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf early modern scientific movement ⓘ
medical-chemical movement ⓘ
theory of medicine ⓘ
aimsTo produce specific remedies for specific diseases ⓘ
associatedWith Paracelsianism ⓘ
concerns explanation of disease ⓘ
treatment of disease ⓘ
contrastsWith Galenic therapeutics ⓘ
contributedTo decline of purely humoral explanations of disease ⓘ
medicalization of chemistry ⓘ
developedInPeriod early modern period ⓘ
emphasizes chemical causes of illness ⓘ
dose-specific chemical drugs ⓘ
metal-based medicines ⓘ
mineral-based medicines ⓘ
field iatrochemistry ⓘ
focusesOn chemical remedies ⓘ
historicalContext European medicine ⓘ
Renaissance science ⓘ
influenced early modern pharmacology ⓘ
seventeenth-century iatrochemistry ⓘ
inspiredBy Paracelsus ⓘ
opposes Galenic humoral theory ⓘ
rejects four humors theory ⓘ
relatedTo alchemy ⓘ
chymistry ⓘ
uses chemical principles ⓘ
distillation ⓘ
extraction of active principles ⓘ
laboratory techniques ⓘ
viewsBodyAs chemical system ⓘ
viewsDiseaseAs chemical imbalance ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Theodore de Mayerne → movement → Paracelsian iatrochemistry ⓘ
Rosicrucianism → influencedBy → Paracelsianism ⓘ
linked to: Paracelsian iatrochemistry
Paracelsian iatrochemistry → associatedWith → Paracelsianism ⓘ
linked to: Paracelsian iatrochemistry