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A Chymical Dictionary
Gerhard Dorn and John French · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordA surgical class defined by the formation of new flesh and skin.
- In the bookConsolidativa describes external medicines through healing and drying; Mundificativa through cleansing.
- A place to readThe historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition pages 27, 28; facsimile PDF pages 355, 356.
Historical definition
Incarnativa are surgeons’ medicines that generate flesh and skin in wounds or ulcers.
Meaning
The effect, rather than an ingredient, defines this plural class. A preparation belongs here because the compiler credits it with generating flesh and skin where a wound or ulcer has left a breach. The entry therefore concerns repair of a surface and its tissues, rather than the general nourishment of the entire body.
Use in the book
Consolidativa describes external medicines through healing and drying; Mundificativa through cleansing. Incarnativa identifies another task within the treatment of a wound. Keeping the verbs distinct preserves the dictionary’s classification of medicines by the work they are intended to perform.
Places to read
- IncarnativaRead the complete historical definition and its commentary.
- ConsolidativaExternal surgical preparations classified by healing and drying.
- MundificativaA therapeutic class defined by cleansing.
Source note
Historical source. 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition pages 27, 28; facsimile PDF pages 355, 356 — Facsimile
Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF pages 355–356, Incarnativa