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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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Liquor Mercurii

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Liquor Mercurii

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At a Glance

The word. A mercurial liquor defined as the seat of healing power.

In the book. Liquor salis is called Nature’s balm and is assigned a preservative action.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 30; facsimile PDF page 358.

Historical Definition

Liquor Mercurii is the balm of things, in which the power of curing or healing resides.

Meaning

The explanation gives a role rather than a recipe. Balm names what carries the curative power of things; it does not identify one starting ingredient or specify a physical consistency. The possessive Mercurii must therefore be read alongside this functional account, rather than treated as sufficient proof of ordinary mercury.

Use in the Book

Liquor salis is called Nature’s balm and is assigned a preservative action. Together the entries show balm-language organising claims about the maintenance or restoration of bodies, while the attached names distinguish particular expressions.

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Liquor salis. A saline liquor understood through its preservative action.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 30; facsimile PDF page 358 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 358, Liquor Mercurii

See also. Liquor salis

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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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