Keywords: New iewell of health 1576 Title page AQ6 (2).jpg Conrad Gessner 1516-1565 Translated by George Baker Printed at London by Henrie Denham 1576 Alchemy is personified on this title page as a woman with the sun and moon on either side titled Alchymya She is surrounded by alchemical apparatus and holds a flask and a measure In addition to the more conventional applications from distilling alchemy introduced new medicines like the violent purgative antimony and a drinkable extract of gold called aurum potabile http //othmerlib chemheritage org/record b1033697~S6 Catalog Information From the copy in the Roy G Neville Historical Chemical Library http //www chemheritage org/ Chemical Heritage Foundation Downloaded with permission from the Chemical Heritage Foundation as part of the Wikipedian in Residence initiative Chemical Heritage Foundation http //www chemheritage org/ Chemical Heritage Foundation 1576 PD-old-100-1923 PD-1923 cc-by-3 0 Chemical Heritage Foundation Images from the Chemical Heritage Foundation Alchemy books Medicine History of pharmacy Distillation |