Ebook: Tyrocinium Chymicum: Chemical Essays Acquired from Nature and Manual Experiences (English and Latin Edition)

Tyrocinium Chymicum was a published set of chemistry lecture notes started by Jean Beguin in 1610 in Paris, France. It has been cited as the first chemistry textbook (as opposed to that for alchemy). Many of the preparations were pharmaceutical in nature. Most of the book was concerned with chemical operations rather than with theory, and he emphasized that the most effective therapy combined Galenic and Paracelsian remedies. Beguin was credited with the first mention of acetone, which he called "the burning spirit of Saturn." The Tyrocinium chymicum was immensely popular through the 17th century. It was translated into the major European languages and issued in many editions. It set the pattern for the notable series of French chemical textbooks in the later part of the century. Beguin wrote to Barth (1613) that he was engaged with transmutation.