This book examines Roger Bacon's alchemical theories, and explains how he believed that the key to extending life lay not in the curricula as taught in the medi

This book examines the Franciscan alchemist Roger Bacon’s (1220-1292) interest in the role of alchemy in medicine, and how this interest connected with the th

Drawing upon a surprising wealth of evidence found in surviving manuscripts, this book restores friars to their rightful place in the history of English health