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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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Pruina

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Pruina

Body disease and historical medicine · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A name for the hot, burning ulcer defined under Ignis Persicus.

In the book. Pruinum is separately defined as the first kind of tartar.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 38; facsimile PDF page 366.

Historical Definition

Pruina is Ignis Persicus.

Meaning

Ignis Persicus is expressly defined as a hot, burning ulcer. Following that target resolves this unfamiliar name into a historical bodily description without assigning a modern diagnosis. The transmitted target phrase remains visible in the modernised definition.

Use in the Book

Pruinum is separately defined as the first kind of tartar. A nearly identical headword does not justify transferring that material gloss to Pruina.

Places to Read

Pruinum. A variety placed first within a tartar classification.

Ignis Persicus. A medical condition named through burning heat.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 38; facsimile PDF page 366 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Pruina; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 366; compare Pruinum, Ignis Persicus

See also. Pruinum; Ignis Persicus

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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.