Incarnativa

Body disease and historical medicine · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A surgical class defined by the formation of new flesh and skin.

In the book. Consolidativa describes external medicines through healing and drying; Mundificativa through cleansing.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition pages 27, 28; facsimile PDF pages 355, 356.

Historical Definition

Incarnativa are surgeons’ medicines that generate flesh and skin in wounds or ulcers.

Meaning

The effect, rather than an ingredient, defines this plural class. A preparation belongs here because the compiler credits it with generating flesh and skin where a wound or ulcer has left a breach. The entry therefore concerns repair of a surface and its tissues, rather than the general nourishment of the entire body.

Use in the Book

Consolidativa describes external medicines through healing and drying; Mundificativa through cleansing. Incarnativa identifies another task within the treatment of a wound. Keeping the verbs distinct preserves the dictionary’s classification of medicines by the work they are intended to perform.

Places to Read

Consolidativa. External surgical preparations classified by healing and drying.

Mundificativa. A therapeutic class defined by cleansing.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition pages 27, 28; facsimile PDF pages 355, 356 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF pages 355–356, Incarnativa

See also. Consolidativa; Mundificativa