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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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Repercussiva

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Repercussiva

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At a Glance

The word. Medicines classified by their supposed action of driving a flow back.

In the book. Staraphaxat also receives a repercussive or restraining virtue, while Sedativa is defined by the easing of pain.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 40; facsimile PDF page 368.

Historical Definition

Repercussiva are medicines that drive back any flow.

Meaning

The name describes direction of action. A flow is said to be checked or driven back, rather than merely removed. The definition supplies a therapeutic class without listing particular medicines.

Use in the Book

Staraphaxat also receives a repercussive or restraining virtue, while Sedativa is defined by the easing of pain. Such entries classify historical remedies by attributed action.

Places to Read

Sedativa. Remedies classified by relief of pain.

Staraphaxat. A power characterized by restraint or driving back.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 40; facsimile PDF page 368 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Repercussiva; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 368; compare Sedativa, Staraphaxat

See also. Sedativa; Staraphaxat

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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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