User:Tkmndd/Caterina Sforza

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Caterina Sforza was a daughter of alchemy. She strived, as almost all alchemists did, to find the elixir of life and the philosophers stone. She created over 400 different alchemical recipes in her lifetime, from cosmetics to medicinal cures. In her Experimenti, she had procedures and recipes for many cosmetics ranging from lotions and lip colors to hair dyes. Additionally, she listed several medicinal recipes such as cures for sciatica, cancer, fevers, and coughs. While she focused on alchemy, her recipes became a foundation for historical pharmacology. "Caterina’s manuscript collapses boundaries between alchemy and medicine, practical and arcane, home and court." Additionally her letters provided evidence that there was a large network of shared information and practices between male and female alchemists.

One thing she focused on across all categories of her Experimenti, was talc. Talc, or talcum, is a clay mineral that occurs naturally. She used talc in everything from cosmetics and medicine to alchemy. Her experiments show that talc could be used for making women more beautiful, a cure for poison, and turning gold to silver. While she focused a considerable amount of her work on talc, that's not all she did.

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Peer Review Response
In the peer review of my partner, the reviewer said that there is some repetitivness. After looking over my article, I noticed some repetitivness of my own and fixed it. Especially in the section on talc and I edited accordingly.

The reviewer also mentioned adding a picture. They said to add a picture of Caterina Sforza making cosmetics, but instead I think adding an image of her book would be better. (November 17, 2023) I am going to add a picture of talc instead because I do not have access to a photo that I can use.

The second reviewer didn't seem to have anything that would be relevant to my article so I didn't change anything connected to that review.