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Nicolas Lemery (1645-1715)

Nicolas Lemery (1645-1715) was a French pharmacist and chemist who is best remembered for his contributions to the development of modern chemistry. Lemery was born in Paris, France, in 1645 and attended the prestigious College of Harcourt. He later studied medicine in Montpellier and was awarded a Doctorate in Medicine in 1670.

Lemery’s contributions to modern chemistry began in 1673 when he published the first comprehensive treatise on pharmaceutical chemistry, Traité des substances médicinales simples (Treatise on Simple Medicines). This work provided an extensive description of the properties of different chemical substances and their uses in medicine.

Lemery was also a pioneer in the use of chemical analysis, particularly in the analysis of minerals. He developed a method of testing substances by heating them in a closed vessel and then measuring their weight to determine their composition. He also experimented with various processes to purify chemicals, such as distillation and sublimation.

Cours de chymie, oder Chymist, welcher die in der Medicin gebrauchlichen chymischen Processe auff die leichtestet und heilsame Art machen lernt, und mit den scharfffsinnigen Anmerckungen und Urtheilen über jeden Prozess die Liebhaber dieser Wissenschafft weiter anführet … Aus der neunten Franszoischen Edition des 1697 Jahres In Teutsch übersetzet. Dresden, bey Johann Jacob Winckler, 1698; In-8 : )(8 )(4 a-c8 d4 A-Z8 Aa-Rr8 Ss6 Aaa-Zzz8 Aaaa-Cccc8 Dddd4 ❡ Vellum binding

Corso di chimica. Venetia 1697

Corso di chimica. Bologna 1716

Cours de chymie. Paris, 1683

Curieuse chymische Geheimnusse des Antimoni. Dresden, 1709

Nützlicher Bein-Artzt, Oder Anatomische und Chirurgische Anweisung, Wie man die Natur und Eigenschafft der Beine richtig verstehen, ihre Kranckheiten erkennen, und selbige glücklich curiren soll. Dresden, 1711

Het philosoophze laboratorium. Amsterdam, 1704

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