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Jan Baptist Van Helmont

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Gender Male
Death380 years ago
Date of birth January 12,1580
Zodiac sign Capricorn
Born Brussels
Belgium
Date of died December 30,1644
DiedVilvoorde
Belgium
Children Franciscus Mercurius van Helmont
ParentsChristiaen van Helmont
Maria Stassaert
Job Physician
Chemist
Physiologist
BooksOpera Omnia
Alchemy Unveiled: For the First Time, the Secret of the Philosopher's Stone is Being Openly Explained
A Ternary of Paradoxes: The Magnetick Cure of Wounds. Nativity of Tartar in Wine. Image of God in Man
Education Old University of Leuven
Known forPneumatic chemistry
NationalityBelgian
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Jan Baptist van Helmont was a chemist, physiologist, and physician from Brussels. He worked during the years just after Paracelsus and the rise of iatrochemistry, and is sometimes considered to be "the founder of pneumatic chemistry".

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