Maturativa

Body disease and historical medicine · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A surgical class directed towards the ripening of a swelling.

In the book. Incarnativa concerns generating flesh and skin, Mitigativa allaying pain, and Mundificativa cleansing.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 32; facsimile PDF page 360.

Historical Definition

Maturativa are medicines used by surgeons to ripen an aposteme.

Meaning

The agricultural verb ripen describes the intended development of the aposteme. The entry names a therapeutic aim, rather than one ingredient, and does not say that every medicine applied to a swelling performs that aim.

Use in the Book

Incarnativa concerns generating flesh and skin, Mitigativa allaying pain, and Mundificativa cleansing. The differing verbs distinguish the purposes for which surgeons’ medicines are grouped in the dictionary.

Places to Read

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

Mitigativa. A class of surgical medicines defined by easing pain.

Mundificativa. A therapeutic class defined by cleansing.

In This Edition

Aposteme is retained as the historical category of a swelling. The short definition does not warrant replacing it with one narrowly diagnosed modern condition.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 32; facsimile PDF page 360 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 360, Maturativa

See also. Incarnativa; Mitigativa; Mundificativa