[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.s3.43 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c9.s3.43 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c9.s3.43 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.s3.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.s3.43) "It is well known that the Eastern nations were the first who employed mercury in the cure of obstinate, cutaneous and leprous affections; and it may be questioned whether the natives of India were before the Arabian or only second in order in availing themselves of the virtues of that powerful mineral. Rhases,¹ Mesu and Avicenna² all notice it, and according to Fallopius, as we find observed by Le Clerc in his "Histoire de la Médecine" pp. 771-791, it was the opinions of those writers which first suggested its use in venereal diseases.³ - [Previous: v1.c9.s3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.s3.42) - [Next: v1.c9.s3.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.s3.44) - [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.s3.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.s3.43) · Pramāṇa