Helmont, Jan Baptist Van (1652). Ortus medicine, id est initial physicae inaudita... authore Joanne Baptista Van Helmont,... (in Latin). apud L. Elzevirium. The word "gas" first appears on page 58, where he mentions: "... Gas (meum scil. inventum) ..." (... gas (namely, my discovery) ...). On page 59, he states: "... in nominis egestate, halitum illum, Gas vocavi, non longe a Chao ..." (... in need of a name, I called this vapor "gas", not far from "chaos" ...)