![]() Although these were not the only uses for the science, they were the ones most documented and well known. The best known goals of the alchemists were the transmutation of common metals into gold (called chrysopoeia) or silver (less well known is plant alchemy, or " spagyric") the creation of a " panacea or the elixir of life," a remedy that supposedly would cure all diseases and prolong life indefinitely and the discovery of a universal solvent. Compare this with the primary dictum of Alchemy in Latin: SOLVE ET COAGULA - Separate, and Join Together.
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