[His Majesty's distillers: distillation and chemical medicine in the court of Phillip II].
The present work studies the appearance and development of Paracelsian Practices in the Spanish Court through a linked series of events that took place between 1564 and 1602. These were: the creation of Philippine distillation laboratories, the ordenance of the protophysician Francisco de Valles regarding distilled waters; the concession of a patent to Diego de Santiago for the invention of a steam distillery; the publication of the last treatise by Francisco de Valles, dedicated to weights, measures, and distilled waters; the appearance of a distiller on the founding staff of the Royal Apothecary, in charge of preparing all the distilled waters and chemical medicines; and the creation of a new post within the Court health organigram, that of Distiller Major.
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Departamento de Historia de la Farmacia y Legislación Farmacéutica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Alegre Pérez
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D002626:Chemistry, Pharmaceutical / Q000266:history*; D005197:Famous Persons; D049711:History, Modern 1601-; D013030:Spain