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A Chymical Dictionary
Gerhard Dorn and John French · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordA sudden bodily change attributed to stellar agency.
- In the bookSomnia similarly attributes operations in a sleeper to the stars, while Primales concerns deceptive bodies put before the eyes.
- A place to readThe historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 38; facsimile PDF page 366.
Historical definition
Pulpezia is a sudden astonishment or change in a person’s body caused by the stars.
Meaning
The sentence offers two descriptions, astonishment or change, and supplies the stars as their cause. Astonishment is retained as part of the older bodily vocabulary rather than automatically reduced to an ordinary feeling of surprise.
Use in the book
Somnia similarly attributes operations in a sleeper to the stars, while Primales concerns deceptive bodies put before the eyes. The comparisons locate several kinds of stellar action without making them one condition.
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In this edition
The historical cause remains an attributed explanation. The source does not give enough clinical detail for a secure modern diagnosis.
Source note
Historical source. 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 38; facsimile PDF page 366 — Facsimile
Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Pulpezia; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 366; compare Somnia, Primales