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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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Stiptica

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At a Glance

The word. A therapeutic class identified by drying.

In the book. Compare Sedativa, defined by easing pain, and Repercussiva, by driving a flow back.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 43; facsimile PDF page 371.

Historical Definition

Stiptica are drying medicines.

Meaning

Drying names the action attributed to these medicines in the definition. The entry does not describe a physical drying process used to manufacture them.

Use in the Book

Compare Sedativa, defined by easing pain, and Repercussiva, by driving a flow back. These neighboring classifications turn on the attributed action of the remedy rather than a shared ingredient.

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

Sedativa. Remedies classified by relief of pain.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 43; facsimile PDF page 371 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Stiptica; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 371; compare Repercussiva, Sedativa

See also. Repercussiva; Sedativa

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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.