Alcali et acidum

"It contains a thorough discussion of the old doctrine and the new light, the chemical ideas then becoming prevalent, and especially the hypothesis of 'effervescentia' and the arguments for and against it. He opposed the views of De le Boe Sylvius, and was one of the first to raise objections to them, and he was a supporter of the ?Pathologia salsa of Tachenius -- Bibliotheca chemica.