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Basil Valentine, Last Of The Alchemists, First Of The Chemists (6243 words) |
 | This Basil Valentine (to accept the only name we have) did so much for the science of the composition of substances that lie eminently deserves the designation that has been given him of the last of the alchemists and the first of the chemists. |
| It was said that Basil Valentine, a monk of the Middle Ages, was the discoverer of this substance. |
| Basil Valentine called the new substance which he had discovered antimony, that is, opposed to monks. |
| The Wonders of Antimony (1123 words) |
| Since that time, the Latin translation of Basil Valentine’s Triumphal Chariot of Antimony by Dr. Kerkring and subsequent publication in other languages including English have caused considerable interest in antimony and its therapeutic virtues. |
| Those who have made sincere and diligent efforts to establish the validity of the ancient claims about antimony are literally amazed by the diversity of the procedures involved and their results. |
| Then one appreciates why Valentine calls antimony one of the Seven Wonders of the World and states that one person’s life is not long enough to explore all the wonders of the substance. |
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