Book Review: Development of Biochemical Concepts from Ancient to Modern Times

Abstract

The earliest concepts -- Biochemical concepts in classical Greece -- The hellenistic period -- The early middle ages -- Chinese and Indian concepts -- Arabic concepts -- The Medieval period -- Paracelsus and the beginnings of latrochemistry -- The transitional seventeenth century -- Physiology comes of age -- Pneumatic chemistry and its biological significance -- Animal chemistry -- Nineteenth-century vitalism -- Theories of digestion and assimilation in mid-nineteenth century -- Enzymes and cell constituents -- Energy production and biological oxidations -- Intermediary metabolism -- Vitamins -- Hormones -- Afterword.