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Nine Books on the Nature of Things
Attributed to Paracelsus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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The iron-and-steel preservation passage names fresh unsalted fat from a castrated pig as a purported protection against rust. Freshness, absence of salt and the animal qualification are separately stated, so a summary as merely “oil” would erase the specified material. Its role is protective coating, unlike the adjoining claim that a prepared arsenic alters iron through fusion.
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- Book 3 · Preservation · Passage 8Latin“recens lardum non salitum ex sue castrata”