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Excerpt from A New and General Biographical Dictionary, Vol. 12 of 15: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation But not content with this, he vifi'ted all the univerfities of Germany, Italy, France, and Spain, in order to learn phyfic; and then he took a journey to Pruflia, Lithuania, Poland, Wan lachia, Tranfilvania, Croatia; Portugal, Illyria, and the other countries of Europe, where he applied indifferently to phy Iicians, barbers, old women, conjurers, and both good and bad; from all which he gladly picked up an thi that might be ufeful, ' and then enlarged his ock/of are a approved remedies. He alfo learned from Bali}: Valentine's writings, the doe'trine of the three elements, which, Conceal ing the'rauthor's name, he adopted as his own, and publifhed under the appellation of Salt, Sulphur, and Mercury. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."