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Nine Books on the Nature of Things
Attributed to Paracelsus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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Historical measures appear in the preparation descriptions: marks of gold and a relation of vinegar to a half-ounce of a named material. Their values are not converted into assumed modern units by the edition. The point for reading is quantity and relation within the historical account, not a ready-to-use modern formula. Note 44 and note 51 explicitly retain the source’s measures.
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