A choice collection of rare secrets and experiments in philosophy as also rare and unheard-of medicines, menstruums and alkahests : with the true secret of volatilizing the fixt salt of tartar / collected and experimented by the honourable and truly learned Sir Kenelm Digby, Kt., Chancellour to Her Majesty the Queen-Mother ; hitherto kept secret since his decease, but now published for the good and benefit of the publick by George Hartman.

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A choice collection of rare secrets and experiments in philosophy as also rare and unheard-of medicines, menstruums and alkahests : with the true secret of volatilizing the fixt salt of tartar / collected and experimented by the honourable and truly learned Sir Kenelm Digby, Kt., Chancellour to Her Majesty the Queen-Mother ; hitherto kept secret since his decease, but now published for the good and benefit of the publick by George Hartman.
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Digby, Kenelm, Sir, 1603-1665.
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London :: Printed for the author, and are to be sold by William Cooper ..., and Henry Faithorns and John Kersey ...,
1682.
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Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric.
Alchemy.
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"A choice collection of rare secrets and experiments in philosophy as also rare and unheard-of medicines, menstruums and alkahests : with the true secret of volatilizing the fixt salt of tartar / collected and experimented by the honourable and truly learned Sir Kenelm Digby, Kt., Chancellour to Her Majesty the Queen-Mother ; hitherto kept secret since his decease, but now published for the good and benefit of the publick by George Hartman." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A35968.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.

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THE INDEX.

A.
  • ANimation and Preparation of Common ☿. Page 26. 83, 84, 85.
  • Aurum Potabile, from the Marchioness de Beck. 245.
  • A. R. Philosophical. 94.
  • An unheard-of Arcanum. 188.
  • An Aethereal Aurum potabile. 177.
  • The Arcanum of Flamel, Arteius, and Pon∣tanus, &c. 117.
B.
  • BUtter of {antimony} to extract the Tincture of ☉. 61.
  • Butter of {antimony} without Sublimate. 78.
  • A Work with Butter of {antimony}. 58.
  • A Precious Balsam. 264.
C.
  • CAlx of ☉. 129.
  • Cosmetick prepared out of ☽. 132.
  • ...

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  • Coppels how to make. 140.
  • A Work upon Cinaber. 52.
  • Cray-Fishes to engender. 131.
  • A great Corroborant and Sudorifick. 173.
  • Convulsion Fits to Cure. 226.
  • Cancers to Cure. 231.
  • A Laxative and Emetick Cream of Tartar. 248, 249.
D.
  • THE Danes Work, wrought by Sir K. D. 33.
  • Monsieur Dandre's Work with ☉, ☿, and Sul∣phur-vive transparent, with Observations thereupon. 5.
  • A great Diaphoretick of {antimony}. 213.
  • Decoction Sudorifick. 216.
  • Dropsie to Cure. 200, 201, 24.
  • Deafness to Cure. 262.
E.
  • EXtraction of ☿ of {antimony}. 65. 72. 75. 77. 79, 80, 81.
  • Elixir of ☉, {antimony}, & ☿. 69.
  • Elixir of ☉ & ☽. 70.
  • Elixir Album. 16.
  • Elixir Rubrum. 71.
  • Elixir of Sulphur. 210.
  • Extraction of ☿ of ☽ or ♄. 73.
  • Essence of Sulphur. 209.
  • Epilepsie Cured by Sir K. D. at Frankfort. 197, 198.

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    F.
    • FLux or Looseness to Cure. 257.
    • Fixation of ☽ into ☉. 116. 21. 26. 62. 65.
    • Monsieur R's. Fixation of ☿ by the Salt of ♄. 103.
    • To fix a quarter part of ☽ into ☉. 52.
    • Mallus his Process to fix ☽. 63.
    • Fixation of ♄ into ☽ with good Profit. 43
    • Fixation of ☿ by the Salt of ♄, by Captain Zeigler. 49.
    • Fixation of ☿ of {antimony}. 44. 46, 47.
    • Fixation of Common Sulphur, and its Tin∣cture. 193.
    • Fixation of ☿ into ☽ by the Salt of ♄ & ☽, by Monsieur de R. 103.
    • A great Febrifuge. 220, 230. 216.
    • Riverius his Febrifuge. 223.
    • A Furnace for many Uses, &c. 138.
    G.
    • To burn holes in Glasses. 136.
    • Gout to Cure. 260, 261.
    • The Eagles Gluten, or ☿ of the Wise. 178.
    L.
    • LApis Ignis. 242.
    • Laudanum Germanicum. 266.
    • Liquor Mercurial with ♃. 229.
    • Lauremberg's Observation upon Angelus Sa∣la his Synopsis of Aphorisms. 115.
    • The Lunar Pills against the Dropsie. 199.
    • ...

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    • A Lunary Emetick. 230.
    • Lac Sulphuris. 211.
    M.
    • MAtthews his Work. 19.
    • Mercurial {water}. 160.
    • A Minera of ☉. 41.
    • Minera of ☿ of {antimony}, ad infinitum. 74.
    • The Menstruum C••••licum Exuberatum. By Dr. Clodius. 156.
    • Mercury of all Metals. 16. 81.
    • To make Metals Vegetate visibly. 130.
    • Concerning May Dew. 116.
    • A great Medicine. 238.
    • A rare Medicine for an Ague. 205.
    • Metalline Menstruum. 178.
    • A great Medicine, &c. 238.
    • An Universal Medicine of ☉ and {antimony}, &c. 167.
    O.
    • OYL of Talc. 132. 135.
    • Oyl of ☿. 126.
    • Oyl of ☉. 231.
    • An Operation that Monsieur de Loberye wrote from Monsieur John's Mouth. 122.
    • An Operation with a Martial Regulus of {antimony}. 60.
    • Observations about Snyder's Secret. 17.
    • Operation upon Saturn. 87.
    • Oyl of Sulphur. 207.
    • An Operation with Spirit and Salt of Urine, ☽, and ☿ Precipitate, wrought by Sir Ke∣nelm's Operator. 153.
    • ...

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    • A Precious Oyl of {antimony}. 217.
    • An Operation upon Jupiter. 104.
    • Monsieur Van Outer's Secret. 8. 11.
    • An Operation upon Regulus of {antimony}, by Mon∣sieur Toysonnier. 60.
    • An Operation with ☉ and ☿ of {antimony}; wrought by Monsieur Chambulan, and given me by him. 65.
    • An Operation upon ♄, sent me by Monsieur Boucaud. 87.
    P.
    • A Short and clear Description of the Phi∣losophers Stone. 107.
    • The Countess of Kents Powder after Sir K. D. Method. 125.
    • An Excellent Panacea. 218.
    • Sir K. D's. Sympathetical Powder. 270.
    • Cornachinus his Medicinal Powder. 247.
    • Plaister of Lead. 258.
    Q.
    • QUintessence of ♄, an Universal dissol∣vent. 88.
    R.
    • A Reality upon ☽. 45.
    • A Reality from Abbot Boucaud. 101.
    S.
    • THE Volatile Salt of Tartar. 252.
    • Saunier's Work, wrought by Sir K. D. 31.
    • ...

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    • ... Snyder's Secret, as he himself gave it to Sir K. D. 16.
    • Salt fusible. 59. 16.
    • The best way to make Spirit of Urine. 236.
    • Sigillum Hermetis. 227.
    • Scrofula's to Cure. 232. 234.
    • The true Sulphur of {antimony}. 218.
    • Stone to Cure. 205.
    • An Excellent Physical Salt. 254.
    • A white Spirit of Sulphur to dissolve ☽ and ☿. 166.
    • The best and easiest way of making a Spirit of Sal armoniack. 250.
    • The Metalline Stone of a Spiritual Lunay. 191.
    • An Excellent Sudorifick. 231.
    • Sol and Luna out of ♃. 105.
    • Sulphur of ☉. 121.
    • A particular Spirit of Nitre. 85.
    T.
    • TIncture of Mars. 55.
    • Tincture of ☉ by {antimony}. 64.
    • Tetters or Herps to Cure, &c. 236.
    • Tincture of ☽. 65.
    • Transmutation of ☿ into a Regulus. 128.
    • Tincture of fixt Sulphur. 193.
    • A Tincture of the Flowers of {antimony}. 255.
    • The true Tincture of Coral. Ibid.
    • Tincture of Glass of {antimony}. 164.

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      V
      • VOlatilized ☽. 22.
      • Venus into ☽. 123.
      • The great Work out of Virgin Earth. 37.
      • A Work Copied out of the Original of Mon∣sieur de la Violette's own hand, whereof he made great account. 13.
      • The Secret to Volatilize the fixt Salt of Tar∣tar. 147. 151.
      • Monsieur Vignault his Process with ☉ and ☿. 24.
      • A subtil Volatile {water} from Sulphur. 208.
      W.
      • WAter of Paradise, &c. 179 to 186.

      An Explication of the Characters which are used in this Book.

      • ☉ Gold.
      • ☽ Silver.
      • ♂ Iron.
      • ☿ Mercury.
      • ♃ Iupiter.
      • ♀ Venus.
      • ♄ Lead.
      • {antimony} Antimony.
      • {sal armoniac} Sal armoniac.
      • A. F. Aqua Fortis.
      • A. R. Aqua Regis.
      • S. V. Spirit of Wine.
      • {subli} Sublimate.
      • {precipi} Precipitate.
      • aaa Amalgama.
      • {water} Water.
      • {fire} Fire.
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