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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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Percipiolum

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Percipiolum

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At a Glance

The word. A medicine defined through approval.

In the book. The word should not be read as a claim of approval by a present-day regulator.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 37; facsimile PDF page 365.

Historical Definition

Percipiolum is any approved medicine.

Meaning

The sentence supplies a status, approved, without naming the person or institution granting approval. Any makes the description a category rather than the identification of a single preparation.

Use in the Book

The word should not be read as a claim of approval by a present-day regulator. The historical definition itself gives no ingredients, indication or formal procedure of assessment.

Places to Read

Ossa paraleli. A medicine described as universal in relation to gout.

Preservativa. Remedies classified through preservation from corruption.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 37; facsimile PDF page 365 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Percipiolum; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 365; compare Ossa paraleli, Preservativa

See also. Ossa paraleli; 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.