Inventing chemistry : Herman Boerhaave and the reform of the chemical arts / John C. Powers.

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012.

viii, 260 pages ; 24 cm.

Medicine as a calling -- Didactic chemistry in Leiden -- The institutes of chemistry -- Chemistry in the medical faculty -- Instruments and the experimental method -- Philosophical chemistry -- From alchemy to chemistry -- Boerhaave's legacy.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-253) and index.