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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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Mulæ

Body disease and historical medicine · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. Pustules defined through two alternative causes.

In the book. Morus uses a visual comparison to identify an aposteme; Nodi uses hardness and the joints as location.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 33; facsimile PDF page 361.

Historical Definition

Mulæ are pustules arising from heat or cold.

Meaning

The definition attributes the appearance of these pustules to heat or cold. It does not resolve the alternatives by specifying which circumstances produce each, and it gives no further description of their shape or distribution.

Use in the Book

Morus uses a visual comparison to identify an aposteme; Nodi uses hardness and the joints as location. Mulæ instead supplies a brief causal description, illustrating the different sorts of explanation grouped within the dictionary’s medical vocabulary.

Places to Read

Morus. A swelling recognised through a mulberry comparison.

Nodi. Hard swellings distinguished by their location at the joints.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 33; facsimile PDF page 361 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 361, Mulæ

See also. Morus; Nodi

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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.

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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.