IATROCHEMISTRY
Etymology
Noun
iatrochemistry (uncountable)
(chemistry, medicine) An early branch of chemistry, having roots in alchemy, that tried to provide chemical remedies to diseases; alternatively, the application of chemistry to medical theory.
Source: Wiktionary
I*a`tro*chem"is*try, n.
Definition: Chemistry applied to, or used in, medicine; -- used especially
with reference to the doctrines in the school of physicians in
Flanders, in the 17th century, who held that health depends upon the
proper chemical relations of the fluids of the body, and who
endeavored to explain the conditions of health or disease by chemical
principles.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition