What's the difference between iatrochemist and iatrochemistry?

Iatrochemist


Definition:

  • (n.) A physician who explained or treated diseases upon chemical principles; one who practiced iatrochemistry.

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Iatrochemistry


Definition:

  • (n.) Chemistry applied to, or used in, medicine; -- used especially with reference to the doctrines in the school of physicians in Flanders, in the 17th century, who held that health depends upon the proper chemical relations of the fluids of the body, and who endeavored to explain the conditions of health or disease by chemical principles.

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