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By Melissa Snell, About.com Guide to Medieval History since 1997

Alchemy in the Middle Ages

Sunday January 16, 2005
Alchemy was a medieval proto-science, laying the groundwork for the future discipline of chemistry. But to those who practiced it in the Middle Ages, it was much more than mere science. Find out about the mystical practice of medieval alchemy, the goals of medieval alchemists, the achievements they made, its disreputable associations and more in this introduction by your Guide.

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