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Diotimos Library · Esotericism & Spirituality Collection · English Edition

Gerhard Dorn and John French

A Chymical Dictionary

An Expanded Diotimos Lexicon of Paracelsian and Alchemical Language

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Sedativa

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At a Glance

The word. Remedies classified by relief of pain.

In the book. Compare Repercussiva for medicines defined by driving a flow back and Stiptica for drying medicines.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 42; facsimile PDF page 370.

Historical Definition

Sedativa are medicines that ease pain.

Meaning

The historical definition uses an effect to identify a class. The modernised word ease preserves allay without adding a particular cause of pain, drug or mode of action.

Use in the Book

Compare Repercussiva for medicines defined by driving a flow back and Stiptica for drying medicines. Their different action words organize the compiler’s therapeutic vocabulary.

Places to Read

Repercussiva. Medicines classified by their supposed action of driving a flow back.

Stiptica. A therapeutic class identified by drying.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 42; facsimile PDF page 370 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Sedativa; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 370; compare Repercussiva, Stiptica

See also. Repercussiva; Stiptica

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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.