[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902) › v1.c9.s2.41 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c9.s2.41 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c9.s2.41 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.s2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.s2.41) "The preservation of body, O Supreme goddess! is obtained by mercury and by (the suppression of) breath.¹ Mercury, when swooned, cures diseases and when killed, restores life to the dead. Mercury and air when confined, enable a man, O goddess, to fly about. - [Previous: v1.c9.s2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.s2.40) - [Next: v1.c9.s2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.s2.42) - [Up: v1.c9.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.s2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.s2.41) · Pramāṇa