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1577–1644 · chemist, physiologist, and physician from the Spanish Low Countries

Also known as: Johan Baptista van Helmont, Jan Baptista van Helmont, Jean Baptist van Helmont, Jean Baptista van Helmont, Jean Baptiste van Helmont, Johann Baptist van Helmont

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Known works

A ternary of paradoxes
Ortus medicinae
Ortus medicinae, id est, initia physicae inaudita
Sylloge physico-medicinalium casuum incantationi vulgo adscribi solitorum, maximeque prae caeteris memorabilium decurias VI. complectens
Joannis Baptistae van Helmont opuscula medica inaudita