Archidoxis
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Paracelsus, his Archidoxis or, chief teachings; comprised in ten books, disclosing the genuine way of making quintessences, arcanums, magisteries, elixirs, &c. Together with his books of renovation & restauration. Of the tincture of the philosophers. Of the manual of the philosophical medicinal stone. Of the virtues of the members. Of the three principles. And finally his seven books, of the degrees and compositions of receipts, and natural things. Englished, by J.H. Oxon
The Dial's edition: London, 1663
A treatise that sets out Paracelsus's alchemical approach to medicine: how to prepare and deploy chemically crafted remedies by isolating a substance's active 'essence' through processes like distillation and purification. Framed around Paracelsus's 'arcana' (secret virtues) and the doctrine of correspondences between the human body and the cosmos, it blends practical recipe-like instruction with his broader philosophy of nature, disease, and healing.
