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How Mineral Drugs Were Found and Used in History
Dr Logan Clendening recounts Paracelsus shaping mineral medicines and traces key discoveries and minerals like Epsom salts, bromine and iodine. He notes the shift from plant to mineral remedies and cites Ep som salts discovery, iodine from Chile beds, and the broader mineral pharmacopeia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan Clendening
University of Basel
Switzerland
Galen
Avicenna
Paracelsus
Montellier
France
Chile
St Dent