CHEMISTRY TRICENTENNIAL

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Few universities in the world can boast a 300-year history of chemistry, especially o­ne that reflects, in many ways, the history of chemistry itself over the past three centuries.

But Cambridge University in England can. Although chemistry did not become formally established there until 1702, the roots of the subject at the university can be traced back even further—to the 16th and 17th centuries when alchemy was secretly practiced there and lessons were offered o­n the preparation of chemical prescriptions for the treatment of venereal and other diseases.

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Author(s): 
MICHAEL FREEMANTLE,
Journal: 
Chemical,&Engineering,News,August 12, 2002
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