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Helismidan
Body disease and historical medicine · A Chymical Dictionary
At a Glance
The word. A mummy preparation qualified through balsamic character.
In the book. Mumia is defined broadly as human flesh seasoned with balsam or other flesh so prepared.
A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 25; facsimile PDF page 353.
Historical Definition
Helismidan is a balsamic mummy.
Meaning
The adjective and noun belong together. The entry gives a balsamic mummy without naming the material’s origin or explaining a preparation. The unfamiliar phrase should not be reduced automatically to an embalmed human body.
Use in the Book
Mumia is defined broadly as human flesh seasoned with balsam or other flesh so prepared. Mumia Elementorum extends the vocabulary to a balsam of external elements. Those entries show why the material intended under a mummy term requires context. Helismidan itself supplies only the balsamic qualification.
Places to Read
Balsamum. A preservative substance described in both bodily and external forms.
Mumia. Balmed flesh, expressly extending beyond human flesh.
Mumia Elementorum. Mumia-language applied to a balm of external elements.
Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 25; facsimile PDF page 353 — Facsimile
Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary 1650, s.v. Helismidan
See also. Balsamum; Mumia; Mumia Elementorum