[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.s3.40 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c9.s3.40 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c9.s3.40 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.s3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.s3.40) Apart from the historical data already adduced, the above extracts from a Mohammedan writer would show that the Hindus were perhaps the earliest in the field to advocate the internal use of mercury.¹ Ainslie, in a note appended “Lepra Arabum,” written in the early part of the last century, thus expresses his views on the subject:— - [Previous: v1.c9.s3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.s3.39) - [Next: v1.c9.s3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.s3.41) - [Up: v1.c9.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.s3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.s3.40) · Pramāṇa