…The aim of creating a philosopher's stone or an elixir of life was itself absurd, but various experiments were repeated for this purpose, and phenomena such as crystallization, combustion, sublimation, distillation, and dissolution, as well as the associated technologies, were developed one after another. The medical and pharmaceutical knowledge and technology accumulated during the Middle Ages were further enriched during the Renaissance, and blossomed as iatrochemistry (chemical medicine). In particular, thanks to the efforts of innovative physicians such as Paracelsus, inorganic drugs using mercury, antimony, lead, iron, copper, arsenic, and sulfur appeared as medicines, while extracts and tinctures were created using various medicinal herbs (herbal medicines). … *Some of the terminology that refers to "iatrochemistry" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…〈賢者の石〉や〈不老長寿の薬〉をつくろうとした目的は,それ自体は荒唐無稽なことであったが,この目的のためにさまざまな実験が繰り返され,その間に結晶,燃焼,昇華,蒸留,溶解などの現象や,それにともなう技術がつぎつぎに生み出された。 中世に蓄積された医学・薬学の知識と技術はルネサンス期を迎えていっそう充実し,イアトロケミー(化学的医学)として開花した。とくにパラケルススのような革新的な医学者の活躍によって,水銀,アンチモン,鉛,鉄,銅,ヒ素,硫黄などを用いた無機薬品が薬として登場する一方,各種薬草(生薬)類を原料としたエキス剤やチンキ剤が創製された。… ※「イアトロケミー」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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