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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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Mundificativa

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At a Glance

The word. A therapeutic class defined by cleansing.

In the book. Incarnativa, Maturativa and Mitigativa name other surgical purposes: generating flesh, ripening a swelling and allaying pain.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 34; facsimile PDF page 362.

Historical Definition

Mundificativa are cleansing medicines.

Meaning

The action of cleansing, rather than one named substance, brings these medicines together. The brevity of the definition leaves the material cleansed and the means of cleansing to a fuller medical context.

Use in the Book

Incarnativa, Maturativa and Mitigativa name other surgical purposes: generating flesh, ripening a swelling and allaying pain. Read the verbs together to see the functional distinctions behind the compiler’s classes.

Places to Read

Incarnativa. A surgical class defined by the formation of new flesh and skin.

Maturativa. A surgical class directed towards the ripening of a swelling.

Mitigativa. A class of surgical medicines defined by easing pain.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 34; facsimile PDF page 362 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 362, Mundificativa

See also. Incarnativa; Maturativa; Mitigativa

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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.