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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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Exitura

Body disease and historical medicine · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. An abscess characterised by discharging matter.

In the book. Dubelech names the cavity of an abscess; Esthionemus describes a destructive one through a wolf comparison.

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

Historical Definition

Exitura is any abscess that casts out matter.

Meaning

The feature supplied is the casting out of matter. The definition does not describe the kind of matter, its cause or the body part affected. The general word “any” should not be lost by substituting a particular diagnostic label.

Use in the Book

Dubelech names the cavity of an abscess; Esthionemus describes a destructive one through a wolf comparison. These short glosses focus on different aspects, respectively a space, an action and a discharge. Reading them together helps preserve the distinctions rather than treating every historical swelling term as equivalent.

Places to Read

Dubelech. The cavity within a historical imposteme or abscess.

Esthionemus. A destructive bodily condition described through a wolf comparison.

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

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

See also. Dubelech; Esthionemus

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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.