According to tradition (in other words, this is probably not true, but it’s a fun story), a military marshal in the court of Henry IV of France presented some Carthusian monks with an alchemical manuscript for an elixir of long life. You can still buy the resulting concoction today.
Ospalh [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Generalist
I live in Auckland, New Zealand, and am curious about most things.
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