Jan Baptiste (van) Helmont - Ortus Medicinae, Id Est Initia Physicae Inaudita Progressus Medicinae Novus in Morborum Ultionem Ad Vitam Longam...

<p><em>Heirs of Hippocrates</em> 408: &laquo;A Belgian mystic, Helmont was nonetheless the most prominent chemist of the first half of the seventeenth century. Originally an alchemist and a follower of Paracelsus in that his outlook was universal, he himself marks the transition from alchemy to the science of chemistry in the modern sense.&raquo;. In<em> Ortus medicinae</em>, la sua opera pi&ugrave; importante, qui in seconda edizione, &laquo;[...] Helmont established his name as one of the founders of biochemistry, although some authorities believe that he is perhaps overrated because of his vacillations between mysticism and science.&raquo; <em>(Heirs of Hippocrates</em> 408). Fu, inoltre, &laquo;[...] the first to realize the physiological importance of ferments and gases, and indeed invented the word &quot;gas&quot;. He introduced the gravimetric idea in the analysis of urine.&raquo; (<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Garrison-Morton</span> 665);&nbsp;Wellcome III, 241.</p>