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A Chymical Dictionary
Gerhard Dorn and John French · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordMedicines classified by stopping a bodily flow.
- In the bookConstrictiva and Stiptica provide related categories of restraining or drying medicines.
- A place to readThe historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 17; facsimile PDF page 345.
Historical definition
Congelativa are medicines that stop any flux.
Meaning
The defining property is the stopping of a flux, a flow or discharge. The entry gives no ingredients and makes no distinction among the different flows that another medical passage might discuss. Its broad wording should remain visible instead of being narrowed to one modern symptom.
Use in the book
Constrictiva and Stiptica provide related categories of restraining or drying medicines. Repercussiva is also defined through driving back a flux. These are useful historical comparisons, but the dictionary does not say that every member of one class belongs to all the others.
Places to read
- CongelativaRead the complete historical definition and its commentary.
- ConstrictivaA surgical class defined through a styptic action.
- RepercussivaMedicines classified by their supposed action of driving a flow back.
- StipticaA therapeutic class identified by drying.
Source note
Historical source. 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 17; facsimile PDF page 345 — Facsimile