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Nine Books on the Nature of Things
Attributed to Paracelsus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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The beer paragraph expresses a relation between a measure of liquid and a small number of drops. The edition retains “measure” because the source does not specify a modern equivalent for mensura. The count of drops therefore cannot be responsibly converted into a standardized contemporary concentration from this passage alone. The lexical point is the relationship of units and the missing calibration, not an operational dosing recommendation.
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- Book 3 · Preservation · Passage 16Latin“una mensura tres aut duas guttas”