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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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Diasatyrion

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Diasatyrion

Body disease and historical medicine · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A confection classified by a claimed sexual effect.

In the book. Laudanum is also presented as a compound medicine, but receives a very different description of its contents.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 19; facsimile PDF page 347.

Historical Definition

Diasatyrion is a confection that provokes lust.

Meaning

The historical noun confection identifies a prepared compound, while the rest of the sentence gives its claimed effect. The dictionary does not list ingredients, state a quantity or explain a mechanism. Those details cannot be inferred from the suggestive name.

Use in the Book

Laudanum is also presented as a compound medicine, but receives a very different description of its contents. Reading these entries together helps distinguish the broad category of a prepared medicine from the particular purpose attributed to it. Diasatyrion remains a historical naming claim rather than a recipe.

Places to Read

Laudanum. A Paracelsian compound defined here through gold, coral and pearl.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 19; facsimile PDF page 347 — Facsimile

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

See also. Laudanum

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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.