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Diasatyrion
Body disease and historical medicine · A Chymical Dictionary
At a Glance
The word. A confection classified by a claimed sexual effect.
In the book. Laudanum is also presented as a compound medicine, but receives a very different description of its contents.
A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 19; facsimile PDF page 347.
Historical Definition
Diasatyrion is a confection that provokes lust.
Meaning
The historical noun confection identifies a prepared compound, while the rest of the sentence gives its claimed effect. The dictionary does not list ingredients, state a quantity or explain a mechanism. Those details cannot be inferred from the suggestive name.
Use in the Book
Laudanum is also presented as a compound medicine, but receives a very different description of its contents. Reading these entries together helps distinguish the broad category of a prepared medicine from the particular purpose attributed to it. Diasatyrion remains a historical naming claim rather than a recipe.
Places to Read
Laudanum. A Paracelsian compound defined here through gold, coral and pearl.
Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 19; facsimile PDF page 347 — Facsimile
Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary 1650, s.v. Diasatyrion
See also. Laudanum