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Nine Books on the Nature of Things
Attributed to Paracelsus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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In the second animal separation, balsam is the name given to fat separated from human flesh and credited with relieving several disorders. This is a particular historical corpse-medicine application, not every aromatic plant balm. Its wide therapeutic praise belongs to the source: the claimed function explains the preparation’s prominence, without establishing the safety or efficacy of these asserted uses.
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- Book 8 · Separation · Passage 38Latin“praestantissimus fit Balsamus”