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Nine Books on the Nature of Things
Attributed to Paracelsus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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Viscum names the clear adhesive product said to come from separated animal tissues. The passage compares bringing wound edges together with gluing two boards, using a familiar craft action to explain a claimed surgical effect. The analogy is the key lexical relation; it does not establish that the historical preparation is safe or that woodworking adhesion validates medical treatment.
Places to read
- Book 8 · Separation · Passage 40Latin“duae tabulae visco immisso agglutinantur”