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Showing posts with label Urine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Urine. Show all posts
June 26, 2017

Urine, Phosphorus, and the Philosopher's Stone

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Joseph Wright of Derby,  The Alchemist Discovers  Phosphorus , 1771 (detail). In 1681, the English writer John Evelyn covered his face ...
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Benjamin Breen
I’m an assistant professor of history at UC Santa Cruz with a special interest in the histories of science, medicine, technology, print culture and imperialism in the early modern world. Res Obscura is a compendium of images and texts I come across in my research. To contact me, please visit my personal site.
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