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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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Vlcus æstiomenum

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A Chymical Dictionary

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Vlcus æstiomenum

Body disease and historical medicine · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A destructive swelling described through its action on its site.

In the book. Other aposteme entries are identified by hardness, dryness or bodily location.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 46; facsimile PDF page 374.

Historical Definition

Vlcus æstiomenum is a cancerous swelling that eats into the place.

Meaning

The source combines a disease description with a visible or attributed process: the swelling feeds upon the place where it occurs. Eats into conveys that historical wording without assigning a precise modern diagnosis.

Use in the Book

Other aposteme entries are identified by hardness, dryness or bodily location. Here destruction at the site is the distinguishing feature.

Places to Read

Sephirus. A swelling characterized by hardness and dryness.

In This Edition

The initial V is retained in the historical form and can also be found through the editorial U spelling. The adjective cancerous is reported as part of the old description.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 46; facsimile PDF page 374 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Vlcus æstiomenum; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 374; compare Sephirus

See also. 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.

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.