Not reliable earliest-distillation chronology, etymology or treatment guidance; apparatus art is not engineering evidence.
Research paraphrase of this source, not an independent endorsement of its historical or technical claims.
Distillation imagery, humoral framing, snake-oil narrative and historical remedy lists connect spirits with medicine.
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Distillation and medicinal belief
Supplied PDF screens 281–294 read in text and images. Locator is PDF screen number, not print pagination. Verification means faithful source representation; qualifications remain attached.
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Distillation imagery, humoral framing, snake-oil narrative and historical remedy lists connect spirits with medicine.
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Steven Grasse, Colonial Spirits (Abrams Image, 2016), supplied PDF screens 281–294: Distillation and medicinal belief. These locators refer to the supplied screenshot PDF, not printed pagination. Research paraphrase; no verbatim quotation is being asserted.
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Not reliable earliest-distillation chronology, etymology or treatment guidance; apparatus art is not engineering evidence.
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