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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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A Chymical Dictionary

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Essaræ

Body disease and historical medicine · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A short identification with wheals.

In the book. Sirones is described as pustules or wheals, especially in the hands.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 21; facsimile PDF page 349.

Historical Definition

Essaræ are wheals.

Meaning

The definition is confined to a name for a bodily appearance. It provides no cause, duration, distribution or remedy. It should consequently remain a historical gloss rather than being expanded into a particular contemporary diagnosis.

Use in the Book

Sirones is described as pustules or wheals, especially in the hands. That entry adds a location that Essaræ lacks. The comparison helps readers notice how much, or how little, each short medical name specifies. The broader Essaræ definition should not silently inherit the more particular location.

Places to Read

Sirones. Pustules or wheals particularly associated with the hands.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 21; facsimile PDF page 349 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary 1650, s.v. Essaræ

See also. Sirones

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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.