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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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Liquor salis

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Liquor salis

Body disease and historical medicine · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A saline liquor understood through its preservative action.

In the book. Preservativa names medicines through the same broad aim of preventing corruption.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 30; facsimile PDF page 358.

Historical Definition

Liquor salis is Nature’s balm, by which the body is preserved from putrefaction.

Meaning

The historical account makes preservation the defining action. Nature’s balm sustains a body against putrefaction; the entry does not specify a particular salt, concentration or way of preparing the liquor. Its bodily effect is the explanation supplied.

Use in the Book

Preservativa names medicines through the same broad aim of preventing corruption. Liquor Mercurii concerns a balm in which healing power resides. The relation between preservation and healing helps organise these names without making their qualifying words interchangeable.

Places to Read

Liquor Mercurii. A mercurial liquor defined as the seat of healing power.

Preservativa. Remedies classified through preservation from corruption.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 30; facsimile PDF page 358 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 358, Liquor salis

See also. Liquor Mercurii; Preservativa

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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.