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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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Ragadiæ

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Ragadiæ

Body disease and historical medicine · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A historical name for swellings of the genitals.

In the book. Compare Rana, defined by a swelling beneath the tongue, and Sephirus, characterized as hard and dry.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 39; facsimile PDF page 367.

Historical Definition

Ragadiæ are swellings or abscesses of the private parts.

Meaning

The location distinguishes this entry from other short definitions of apostemes. Aposteme is rendered as swelling or abscess so that the older diagnostic vocabulary remains understandable. The entry does not distinguish different causes or clinical courses.

Use in the Book

Compare Rana, defined by a swelling beneath the tongue, and Sephirus, characterized as hard and dry. The compiler can organize disease names by bodily site, visible form or felt quality.

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Rana. A swelling identified by its position beneath the tongue.

Sephirus. A swelling characterized by hardness and dryness.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 39; facsimile PDF page 367 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Ragadiæ; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 367; compare Rana, Sephirus

See also. Rana; Sephirus

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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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