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in his diplomatic missions to
Germany and Italy. When the King intended to make Mayerne his first physician, the queen opposed the decision because Mayerne refused to convert to Catholicism. Mayerne continued in his lower post until 1606 when he sold it to another physician.
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His 'Paracelsian' outlook, which viewed the world as 'abounding in chemical secrets waiting to be exploited', led him to devise projects to enhance
Scottish coal mines, to reopen lead mines in Europe and to monopolize oyster beds. He made
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Bischoff: Das De Mayerne-Manuskript; Die Rezepte der Werkstoffe, Maltechniken und Gemälderestaurierung (German, published by Siegl, Munich, in 2004)
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produced an edition of
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should provide for specific ailments. In this he included chemical remedies, which were easier to introduce in
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When Henri IV was murdered in 1610, Mayerne moved to
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with most of his family and his godson Sir
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