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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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Caseus præparatus

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Caseus præparatus

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At a Glance

The word. A dairy residue identified by consistency and where it settles.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 14; facsimile PDF page 342.

Historical Definition

Caseus præparatus is the viscous residue remaining at the bottom of the milk that runs from the cheese.

Meaning

The description concerns what remains in liquid associated with cheese, not simply the solid cheese itself. Viscosity and settling at the bottom are the recognition clues. The preparation is therefore best understood through the relation of liquid, separated material and residue.

The historical wording is compact and does not identify a modern standardized dairy product. Preserving its sequence is more accurate than replacing it with a guessed name. If a recipe describes further processing, that account may clarify what is collected and how it is used.

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Chymus. A residue term rather than the name of one fixed material.

Excrementa. Superfluities described through expulsion by Nature.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 14; facsimile PDF page 342 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Caseus præparatus ; compare Chymus, Excrementa

See also. Chymus; Excrementa

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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.