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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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Rana

Body disease and historical medicine · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A swelling identified by its position beneath the tongue.

In the book. Other aposteme entries use a different combination of place and qualities.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 39; facsimile PDF page 367.

Historical Definition

Rana is a swelling or abscess beneath the tongue.

Meaning

The definition makes bodily location the essential identifying feature. It supplies no further account of the swelling’s cause, contents or treatment. Its brevity should be preserved when assessing how specifically the historical name can be identified.

Use in the Book

Other aposteme entries use a different combination of place and qualities. Ragadiæ names another bodily site; Sephirus adds hardness and dryness. These comparisons clarify the compiler’s descriptive habits without assigning the present term a modern diagnosis.

Places to Read

Ragadiæ. A historical name for swellings of the genitals.

Sephirus. A swelling characterized by hardness and dryness.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 39; facsimile PDF page 367 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Rana; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 367; compare Ragadiæ, Sephirus

See also. Ragadiæ; 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.