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A Chymical Dictionary
Gerhard Dorn and John French · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordExternal surgical preparations classified by healing and drying.
- In the bookCorrosiva is another class used by surgeons, but its reported action is eating away excess flesh.
- A place to readThe historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 17; facsimile PDF page 345.
Historical definition
Consolidativa are external medicines used by surgeons in healing and drying wounds and ulcers.
Meaning
The entry states where the medicines are applied and what they are said to do. “External” distinguishes them from preparations taken inwardly; healing and drying are the paired actions through which the class is described. Neither action identifies a particular ingredient.
The historical word surgeon marks a field of use in the definition. It should not be taken as evidence that any preparation bearing the name meets present clinical standards. The entry is most useful for understanding a remedy’s intended place in a medical text.
Use in the book
Corrosiva is another class used by surgeons, but its reported action is eating away excess flesh. Constrictiva gives a styptic class, and Incarnativa is associated with producing flesh and skin in wounds. The different actions prevent these surgical labels from being treated as interchangeable general words for healing.
Places to read
- ConsolidativaRead the complete historical definition and its commentary.
- ConstrictivaA surgical class defined through a styptic action.
- CorrosivaSurgical preparations classified by removal of excess flesh.
- IncarnativaA surgical class defined by the formation of new flesh and skin.
In this edition
“Consolidation” may suggest bringing parts together, but the edition keeps to the definition’s actual description of healing and drying instead of adding an unmentioned mechanism.
Source note
Historical source. 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 17; facsimile PDF page 345 — Facsimile