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Gerhard Dorn and John French

A Chymical Dictionary

An Expanded Diotimos Lexicon of Paracelsian and Alchemical Language

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Viscus secundæ generationis

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A Chymical Dictionary

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Viscus secundæ generationis

Salts solvents and liquid preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A salt-associated material described as blood.

In the book. Unqualified Viscus is properly pitch from tree tops.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 46; facsimile PDF page 374.

Historical Definition

Viscus secundæ generationis is blood dropping from salts.

Meaning

The complete expression is qualified as of the second generation. Its gloss gives blood and a relation to salts. The sentence does not supply a red color, an animal source or a preparation beyond that wording.

Use in the Book

Unqualified Viscus is properly pitch from tree tops. The difference illustrates the importance of retaining a full compound headword when interpreting a historical material name.

Places to Read

Viscus. A pitch identified through its vegetable source and preparation.

Viriditas salis. A salt preparation described through greenness and an oily form.

In This Edition

The description is preserved without forcing blood to name an anatomical substance or replacing it with an unverified modern chemical identity.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 46; facsimile PDF page 374 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Viscus secundæ generationis; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 374; compare Viscus, Viriditas salis

See also. Viscus; Viriditas salis

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About This Reading Edition

The complete 706 historical definitions of the 1650 English dictionary, modernised and accompanied by expanded Diotimos commentary, reading routes, 15 textual notes and complete linked indexes.

Historical Text

A Chymicall Dictionary, London 1650, English version associated with John French, based on Gerhard Dorn’s Dictionarium Theophrasti Paracelsi. The containing volume also prints Sendivogius and Paracelsus; neither neighboring work changes this dictionary’s attribution.

About This Edition

Complete 706 definition paragraphs with new introduction, commentary, reading guides and indexes; Diotimos Editions, 2026.

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The historical 1650 English text is in the public domain. New introduction, commentary, reading guides and indexes are © 2026 Diotimos Editions and published with the site owner’s authorization.