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A Chymical Dictionary
Gerhard Dorn and John French · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordA medicine characterized by cleanliness and purification.
- In the bookPurity is also central to Quintessentia and Saphirea materia.
- A place to readThe historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 45; facsimile PDF page 373.
Historical definition
Thaphneus is a clean, purified medicine.
Meaning
The definition describes a condition achieved or possessed by a medicine. It does not identify one particular ingredient or a therapeutic use.
Use in the book
Purity is also central to Quintessentia and Saphirea materia. Those entries specify other subjects or relations of separation; the recurrence of the value does not establish that their products are the same medicine.
Places to read
- ThaphneusRead the complete historical definition and its commentary.
- QuintessentiaA purified spiritual matter obtained from living things.
- Saphirea materiaA liquid defined through purity achieved by separation.
Source note
Historical source. 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 45; facsimile PDF page 373 — Facsimile