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Pulpezia
Body disease and historical medicine · A Chymical Dictionary
At a Glance
The word. A sudden bodily change attributed to stellar agency.
In the book. Somnia similarly attributes operations in a sleeper to the stars, while Primales concerns deceptive bodies put before the eyes.
A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 38; facsimile PDF page 366.
Historical Definition
Pulpezia is a sudden astonishment or change in a person’s body caused by the stars.
Meaning
The sentence offers two descriptions, astonishment or change, and supplies the stars as their cause. Astonishment is retained as part of the older bodily vocabulary rather than automatically reduced to an ordinary feeling of surprise.
Use in the Book
Somnia similarly attributes operations in a sleeper to the stars, while Primales concerns deceptive bodies put before the eyes. The comparisons locate several kinds of stellar action without making them one condition.
Places to Read
Somnia. Dreams explained through stellar operations in the sleeper.
Primales. Bodies described as deceptive appearances caused by stars.
In This Edition
The historical cause remains an attributed explanation. The source does not give enough clinical detail for a secure modern diagnosis.
Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 38; facsimile PDF page 366 — Facsimile
Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Pulpezia; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 366; compare Somnia, Primales