The Flemish chemist and physician Jan Baptista van Helmont (1580-1644) attempted to construct a natural philosophical system based on chemical concepts. He also developed the concept of gas. Jan Baptista van Helmont was born of a noble family in...

Jan van Helmont lived and worked during a unique period of history--the dawn of the scientific revolution. As Europe began to shrug off the old-fashioned superstitions of the Middle Ages, scientists learned how to conduct experiments and make rational...

1580-1644 Belgian Alchemist/Chemist and Physician Jan Baptista van Helmont played an important role in the transition from classical and medieval ideas and practices to those of modern science, especially in the fields of chemistry and biology. He is...

Jan van Helmont. Flemish Physician and Chemist 1579-1644 Renowned physician and chemist Jan van Helmont was born into the Flemish gentry in 1579. He received his medical degree at the age of twenty, then proceeded to revolutionize the field of...

1579-1644 Flemish physician, physiologist, and chemist who first recognized the existence of more than one air-like substance. He introduced the term "gas" to refer to the various substances he isolated, which include carbon dioxide and...

Jan Baptist van Helmont (January 12, 1577 – December 30, 1644) was a Flemish chemist, physiologist, and physician. Alternative given names for him are given as Jean-Baptiste van Helmont, Johannes Baptista van Helmont, and Joan Baptista van...

One of the seventeenth century's most prominent medical reformers, Johannes Baptista van Helmont (1579-1644) was also one of the most controversial figures of his time, thanks to the widespread public censure inspired by his 1621 treatise on the magnetic cure of wounds. Van Helmont...

While the significance of our Catholic artistic heritage can often escape us in the modern world, beauty and art is integral to our humanity, as pointed out by Jean Cardinal Danielou in his book, Prayer as a Political Problem. He writes: "The world...