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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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Nasda

Body disease and historical medicine · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. Two names for a bodily lump located in the back.

In the book. Nodi similarly names hard tumours, but locates them at the joints.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 34; facsimile PDF page 362.

Historical Definition

Nasda, or Natta, is a lump in the back.

Meaning

The old word bunch is modernised as lump. The anatomical location is the identifying detail; the entry does not describe tissue, colour, cause or a course of development.

Use in the Book

Nodi similarly names hard tumours, but locates them at the joints. Retaining these differences prevents the reader from converting every short swelling-name into a single undifferentiated condition.

Places to Read

Nodi. Hard swellings distinguished by their location at the joints.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 34; facsimile PDF page 362 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 362, Nasda

See also. Nodi

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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.

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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.