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Elementa chemiae. 2 vols.

Leiden: apud lsaacum Severinum, 1732.

Boerhaave was the first to separate out urea from urine, and to do so without adding chemical substances such as alcohol or nitric acid. He first published his method for isolating it in the above work. English translation, London, 1735.

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Entry Number#666.1
Permanent Linkhttps://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/545
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External URLelementa-chemiae-2-vols

Geographic Context

Publication place: Leiden

Mentioned in annotation: London