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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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Body disease and historical medicine · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. An abscess named through its location in the ears.

In the book. Dubelech identifies the cavity of an abscess, while Exitura describes one that discharges matter.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 23; facsimile PDF page 351.

Historical Definition

Fugile is an abscess in the ears.

Meaning

The location is the defining feature. The entry does not state whether it concerns an outer or inner part of the ear, what causes the condition, or how it is treated. Its specificity should remain anatomical rather than diagnostic.

Use in the Book

Dubelech identifies the cavity of an abscess, while Exitura describes one that discharges matter. Those are different features from the location supplied here. A reader may recognise a shared medical vocabulary without treating all three headwords as names for one condition.

Places to Read

Dubelech. The cavity within a historical imposteme or abscess.

Exitura. An abscess characterised by discharging matter.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 23; facsimile PDF page 351 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary 1650, s.v. Fugile

See also. Dubelech; Exitura

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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.