Fruton J.S. Fermentation. Vital or Chemical Process? [History of Science and Medicine Library 1]
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Fermentation
History of Science and
Medicine Library
VOLUME I
Fermentation
Vital or Chemical Process?
by
Joseph S. Fruton
BRILL
LEIDEN
•
BOSTON
2006
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data
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Stroumsa, Gedaliahu A.G.
Hidden wisdom : esoteric traditions and the roots of Christian mysticism /
by Guy G. Stroumsa. — Rev. and extended pbk. ed.
p. cm. — (Numen book series. Studies in the history of religions,
ISSN 0169-8834; v. 70)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 90-04-13635-5 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Occultism—Religious aspects—Christianity—History of doctrines—Early
church, ca. 30-600. 2. Discipline of the secret. 3. Mysticism—History—Early
church, ca. 30-600. I. Title. II. Studies in the history of religions; 70.
BR 195.O33S77 2005
261.5’13—dc22 2005045741
ISSN 1872-0684
ISBN 90 04 15268 7
ISBN 978 90 04 15268 7
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To the memory of
FREDERIC LAWRENCE HOLMES
(1932–2003)
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements ...................................................................... ix
Introduction ................................................................................ xi
Chapter One Aristotle to Paracelsus .................................. 1
Chapter Two Van Helmont to Black .................................. 16
Chapter Three Lavoisier to Fischer ...................................... 40
Chapter Four The Buchners to the Warburg Group ........ 73
Conclusion .................................................................................. 113
Bibliography ................................................................................ 117
Index ............................................................................................ 135
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I am greatly indebted to O. Theodore Benfey, Jerome A. Berson,
Roald Hoffmann, and Alan J. Rocke for their valuable criticisms
and suggestions for an early draft of this book, and to Ramona
Moore for her warmhearted assistance.