Bostocke, Richard

Bostocke, Richard. [The difference betwene the auncient phisicke]. An Elizabethan history of medical chemistry by A. G. Debus. Ann Sci 18, no. 1 (Mar 1962) 1-30. Reprints Chapters 10-19... 

This was already the case in the sixteenth century, as we can see from the attack on Paracelsus mounted by Thomas Erastus and the defence put forward by Richard Bostocke. Both writers devoted much space to judging the agreement or disagreement of Paracelsus s doctrines with the creation story. A particular point at issue was whether Paracelsus s belief in prime matter and the tria prima contradicted the first words of the Bible, In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth (Genesis 1.1). Erastus held ... 

Richard Bostocke, The difference betwene the auncient Phisicke... and the latter Phisicke (London, 1585), chapter 21. 

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