"... chemistry solves the secrets of therapy, physiology and pathology in our stead; without chemistry we would be fumbling in the dark".
"Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver. For me such is not the aim, but to consider only what virtue and power may lie in medicines".
Paracelsus (1493-1541) - German physician and naturalist (Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim)
"Chemistry is the first and best tool for the perfection of medical science".
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10 August 1758
Chapter 1
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (ANALYTICS) AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
1.1. KEY TERMS OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (ANALYTICS)
Analytical chemistry, or analytics, is a branch of chemistry that develops principal methods and procedures for qualitative and quantitative analysis of the atomic, molecular, and phase composition of substances based on laws of fundamental chemistry and physics.
The above definition of analytical chemistry (analytics) establishes its basic meaning; however, specialists also use other approximately equivalent definitions intended to define the actual discipline more exactly. For example, the outstanding analyst academician Yu.A. Zolotov gave the following definition: "Analytical chemistry is a science of principles, methods, and tools for analysing a substance's composition and to some degree, its chemical struc-
ture." The definition of analytical chemistry proposed at VIII European Conference on Analytical Chemistry in 1993 (Edinburgh, September 1993) is also suitable: "Analytical chemistry is a scientific discipline that develops and practices methods, tools, and general methodology for obtaining information on composition and nature of substances (in space and time)."