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A Chymical Dictionary
Gerhard Dorn and John French · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordA destructive swelling described through its action on its site.
- In the bookOther aposteme entries are identified by hardness, dryness or bodily location.
- A place to readThe historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 46; facsimile PDF page 374.
Historical definition
Vlcus æstiomenum is a cancerous swelling that eats into the place.
Meaning
The source combines a disease description with a visible or attributed process: the swelling feeds upon the place where it occurs. Eats into conveys that historical wording without assigning a precise modern diagnosis.
Use in the book
Other aposteme entries are identified by hardness, dryness or bodily location. Here destruction at the site is the distinguishing feature.
Places to read
- Vlcus æstiomenumRead the complete historical definition and its commentary.
- SephirusA swelling characterized by hardness and dryness.
In this edition
The initial V is retained in the historical form and can also be found through the editorial U spelling. The adjective cancerous is reported as part of the old description.
Source note
Historical source. 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 46; facsimile PDF page 374 — Facsimile
Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Vlcus æstiomenum; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 374; compare Sephirus