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Necrolica
Body disease and historical medicine · A Chymical Dictionary
At a Glance
The word. A medicinal class expressed through the strong claim of resisting death.
In the book. Preservativa concerns keeping bodies from corruption, while Periodus names the term of life.
A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 35; facsimile PDF page 363.
Historical Definition
Necrolica are medicines that repel death and preserve life.
Meaning
The compiler defines these medicines by the power claimed for them, not by composition. Expelling or repelling death intensifies the language of preservation; the entry provides no separate explanation of how that result is achieved.
Use in the Book
Preservativa concerns keeping bodies from corruption, while Periodus names the term of life. Reading those headings beside Necrolica helps distinguish a medicine’s claimed preserving action from a statement about the duration of life itself.
Places to Read
Preservativa. Remedies classified through preservation from corruption.
Periodus. The limit or duration of life.
Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 35; facsimile PDF page 363 — Facsimile
Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 363, Necrolica
See also. Preservativa; Periodus