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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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A Chymical Dictionary

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Body disease and historical medicine · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. Hard swellings distinguished by their location at the joints.

In the book. Marmoreus tartarus describes a bodily stone through marble-like hardness, while Nasda locates a lump in the back.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 35; facsimile PDF page 363.

Historical Definition

Nodi are hard tumours of the joints.

Meaning

Hardness and place work together as the identifying marks. The definition does not give a cause, a particular joint or a test distinguishing this historical category from every other swelling.

Use in the Book

Marmoreus tartarus describes a bodily stone through marble-like hardness, while Nasda locates a lump in the back. Their shared concern with bodily formations does not erase the specific features by which each is defined.

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Marmoreus tartarus. A bodily stone distinguished through a comparison with marble.

Nasda. Two names for a bodily lump located in the back.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 35; facsimile PDF page 363 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 363, Nodi

See also. Marmoreus tartarus; Nasda

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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.