Among the cross currents of social and intellectual life in the early modern era, wonder, utility, and playfulness combined to inspire curiosity and to give value to novel alchemical procedures and chemical remedies. One of the most skilful alchemical and medical performers, who brought theatrical techniques to bear upon an economy of alchemical secrets and magic, was the self-trained Paracelsian physician, mining expert, and alchemical adept, Leonhard Thurneisser zum Thurn (1531–1596). In creatively designed and illustrated books produced for a luxury market, he constructed, in words and images, theatres of procedure, instrumentation, and chemical curiosity based in traditions of Renaissance magic and Paracelsian natural philosophy. Thurneisser's books combined strategies of spectacle and performance within the context of chemical analysis, and in one text especially brought the dramatic technique of “making strange” to bear upon promoting alchemical procedures for purposes of exposing the hidden powers within plants. In staging analytical spectacles involving measurement, instrumentation, and distillation as part of the analysis of minerals, waters, and plants, Thurneisser brought together laboratory-based procedures and theoretically grounded performances within the alchemical marketplace and engaged the agency of readers in establishing the credibility of the philosophy of nature that underscored the products he produced and sold.

在现代早期社会和知识生活的交叉流中，奇迹、实用和嬉戏结合在一起，激发了好奇心，并为新颖的炼金术程序和化学疗法赋予了价值。自学成才的帕拉塞尔西斯医生、采矿专家和炼金术高手 Leonhard Thurneisser zum Thurn（1531-1596 年）是最熟练的炼金术和医疗表演者之一，他将戏剧技巧应用于炼金术秘密和魔法经济。在为奢侈品市场制作的创意设计和插图书籍中，他根据文艺复兴时期的魔法和帕拉塞尔西斯自然哲学的传统，以文字和图像构建了程序、仪器和化学好奇心的剧院。Thurneisser 的书在化学分析的背景下结合了奇观和表演的策略，在一篇文章中，特别将“制造奇怪”的戏剧性技巧用于推广炼金术程序，以暴露植物中隐藏的力量。在将涉及测量、仪器和蒸馏作为矿物、水和植物分析的一部分的分析奇观上演时，Thurneisser 将基于实验室的程序和在炼金术市场中的理论基础性能结合在一起，并让读者代理机构建立了可信度自然哲学强调了他生产和销售的产品。