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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1100: Chemical Analysis and Medicine

Episode: 1100 In which 16th century physicians turn alchemy into modern chemistry Today, medicine leads us to modern chemistry.

Engines of Our Ingenuity
| Posted on January 29, 2016, 6:00 AM

Episode: 1100 In which 16th century physicians turn alchemy into modern chemistry

Today, medicine leads us to modern chemistry.

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