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Nine Books on the Nature of Things
Attributed to Paracelsus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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The edition retains zineta and cachymiae rather than assigning them unqualified modern chemical identities. In Book 2 they belong to the mineral list alleged to contain immature precious metals; cachymiae also recur among materials said to increase in earth and water. Their locally shared role can be explained even when precise identification remains uncertain.
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- Book 2 · Growth · Passage 1Latin“Zineta, Arsenica, Talka, Cachymiae”