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Thaphneus
Body disease and historical medicine · A Chymical Dictionary
At a Glance
The word. A medicine characterized by cleanliness and purification.
In the book. Purity is also central to Quintessentia and Saphirea materia.
A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 45; facsimile PDF page 373.
Historical Definition
Thaphneus is a clean, purified medicine.
Meaning
The definition describes a condition achieved or possessed by a medicine. It does not identify one particular ingredient or a therapeutic use.
Use in the Book
Purity is also central to Quintessentia and Saphirea materia. Those entries specify other subjects or relations of separation; the recurrence of the value does not establish that their products are the same medicine.
Places to Read
Quintessentia. A purified spiritual matter obtained from living things.
Saphirea materia. A liquid defined through purity achieved by separation.
Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 45; facsimile PDF page 373 — Facsimile
See also. Quintessentia; Saphirea materia