Mustus

Body disease and historical medicine · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A urinary material identified as a white calx.

In the book. Sal crystallinum is a salt made from human urine.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 34; facsimile PDF page 362.

Historical Definition

Mustus is the white calx in urine.

Meaning

The dictionary gives a bodily location and a colour, together with the technical category calx. It does not use Mustus here simply for the familiar beverage-name a reader may expect. Nor does it explain whether the material has undergone a separate artificial calcination.

Use in the Book

Sal crystallinum is a salt made from human urine. The shared source gives a useful comparison, but Mustus names a calx in urine, whereas the salt entry explicitly names something made from it.

Places to Read

Sal crystallinum. A salt preparation identified by its human source.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 34; facsimile PDF page 362 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 362, Mustus

See also. Sal crystallinum