Doctor Curmudgeon® The Beginning of Chemistry

By Diane Batshaw Eisman, M.D. FAAP Doctor Eisman is in Family Practice in Aventura, Florida with her partner, Dr. Eugene Eisman, an internist/cardiologist

Alchemy! The very word sounds mysterious, secretive and utterly fascinating.

And the mystique behind it is even more intriguing.

The alchemists actually based their thoughts on the spiritual philosophy that everything was alive and metals are living things that are growing inside of our earth.

We...