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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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Esthionemus

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Esthionemus

Body disease and historical medicine · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A destructive bodily condition described through a wolf comparison.

In the book. Vlcus æstiomenum is similarly described as an aposteme feeding upon its location.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 21; facsimile PDF page 349.

Historical Definition

Esthionemus is a deeply corrupted abscess that feeds upon the whole member like a wolf.

Meaning

The description joins corruption with an image of feeding upon a member. “Like a wolf” expresses the destructive character attributed to the condition; it is not a separate identification of an animal or an ingredient. The entry does not name a cause or treatment.

Use in the Book

Vlcus æstiomenum is similarly described as an aposteme feeding upon its location. Dubelech instead names the cavity of an abscess. These comparisons help separate the condition’s destructive action from a location within it. They do not establish a particular modern diagnosis.

Places to Read

Dubelech. The cavity within a historical imposteme or abscess.

Vlcus æstiomenum. A destructive swelling described through its action on its site.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 21; facsimile PDF page 349 — Facsimile

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

See also. Dubelech; Vlcus æstiomenum

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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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