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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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Rosea

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Rosea

Body disease and historical medicine · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A historical disease name equated with erysipelas.

In the book. The headword remains independently searchable so that a reader encountering Rosea can find the supplied English identification.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 40; facsimile PDF page 368.

Historical Definition

Rosea is the same as erysipelas.

Meaning

The compiler supplies a synonym, without adding a description of the skin, the course of illness or its cause. The equivalence records historical terminology rather than a full diagnostic account.

Use in the Book

The headword remains independently searchable so that a reader encountering Rosea can find the supplied English identification. The brevity of the source limits how much further identification this entry can support.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 40; facsimile PDF page 368 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Rosea; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 368

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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.

Rights

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.