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Nine Books on the Nature of Things
Attributed to Paracelsus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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The bodily locations and function in the warning against metallic calx. The author alleges that it may accumulate, pass out uselessly or re-form metal, encrusting the stomach and intestines and obstructing digestion. Keeping the alternatives distinct matters: the text does not say every dose has the same fate. This is the historical proposed mechanism of harm, not an independently established medical explanation.
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- Book 6 · Resuscitation · Passage 4Latin“concoctio in ventriculo impeditur”