Vittorio Algarotti (1533-1604), was born in

Verona Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Northern Italy, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and the ...

and was president of the Verona College of Medicine from 1593 through his death in 1604. A contemporary of

Paracelsus Paracelsus (; ; 1493 – 24 September 1541), born Theophrastus von Hohenheim (full name Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim), was a Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance. He w ...

, he introduced the use of

antimony oxychloride Antimony oxychloride, known since the 15th century, has been known by a plethora of alchemical names. Since the compound functions as both an emetic and a laxative, it was originally used as a purgative. History Its production was first describ ...

, which he referred to as ''pulveris angelicus'' (powder of the angels) to medicine.Vittorio Algarotti

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(Italian)

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