Word-formation in English

In the introduction to the re-published edition of Hensel’s Bread From Stones (from
Health Research, 1977), Dr. Raymond Bernard explains that Hensel and his writings were
heavily scorned and attacked by the chemical interests of the day, who supported Justus von
Liebig’s doctrine of adding factory-acidulated nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium in
concentrated form to the soil (Liebig, 1852).