Medicina practica, or, Practical physick shewing the method of curing the most usual diseases happening to humane bodies ... : to which is added, the philosophick works of Hermes Trismegistus, Kalid Persicus, Geber Arabs, Artesius Longævus, Nicholas Flammel, Roger Bachon and George Ripley : all translated out of the best Latin editions into English ... : together with a singular comment upon the first book of Hermes, the most ancient of philosophers : the whole compleated in three books / by William Salmon ...

The Second Book of Hermes Trismegistus.

Chap. 15. The Entrance into the Work, beginning with Argent Vive.

268

Chap. 16. The Nature of the Medicine, and Government of the Metals

270

Chap. 17. The Difference of the Ferments and Quality of the Spirit

271

Chap. 18. Of Argent Vive, Tin∣cture, Order of the Operation, and of the Fire

273

Chap. 19. That the beginning of this Work is in the Blackness and Darkness: and of the Con∣joyning the Body with the Soul

276

Chap. 20. The Order of the Pra∣ctical part of the Operation

278

Chap. 21. The remaininging O∣perations, and Conclusion of this Work

281

II. The Alchymick Secrets of Kalid Persicus.

Chap. 22. Of the Difficulties of this Art

284

Chap. 23. Of the four Principal Operations, Solution, Congela∣tion, Albification, and Rubifi∣cation

288

Chap. 24. Of the Latter two Ope∣rations, viz. Albification and Rubification

291

Chap. 25. Of the Nature of things appertaining to this Work of Decoction, and its, Effects

293

Chap. 26. Of Subtilization, Solu∣tion, Coagulation, and Com∣mixion

295

Chap. 27. Of Fixation of the Spi∣rit, Decoction, Trituration, and Washing

297

Chap. 28. Of the Fire fit for this Work

299

Chap. 29. Of the Separation of the Elements

300

Chap. 30. Of the Commixion of the Elements which were Se∣parated

302

Chap. 31. Of the Solution of the Stone compounded, and Coa∣gulation of the Stone Dissolved

304

Chap. 32. That Our Stone is but One, and of the Nature thereof

306

Chap. 33. How to make the Stone both White and Red

307

Chap. 34. Kalid's Secret of Se∣crets, or Stone of the Philoso∣phers Explicated

310

Chap. 35. A farther Explication of this Matter.

315

Chap. 36 The Key which opens the Mystery of this Grand Elixir

327

To make Aurum Potabile

333

III. The Summ of Geber Arabs.

Chap. 37. An Introduction into the whole Work

335

Chap. 38. Of the Alchymy of Sulphur

340

Chap. 39. Of the Alchymy of Arsenick

343

Chap. 40. Of the Alchymy of the Marchasite

346

Chap. 41. Of the Alchymy of Magnesia, Tutia, and other Mi∣nerals

349

Chap. 42. Of the Alchymy of Saturn

352

Chap. 43. Of the Alchymy of Jupiter

359

Chap. 44. Of the Alchymy of Mars

366

Chap. 45. Of the Alchymy of Venus

372

Chap. 46. Of the Alchymy of Luna

383

Chap. 47. Of the Alchymy of Sol

391

Chap. 48. Of the Alchymy of Mercury

397

The Second Book of Geber Arabs.

Chap. 49. The Introduction to this Second Book.

413

Chap. 50. Of Sublimation, Ves∣sels, Fornaces

415

Chap. 51. Of Descention, and Purifying by Pastils

424

Chap. 52. Of Distillation, Causes, Kinds, and Fornaces

426

Chap. 53. Of Calcination of Bo∣dies and Spirits, Causes, Me∣thods

430

Chap. 54. Of Solution, and its Causes

436

Chap. 55. Of Coagulation and its Causes

440

Chap. 56. Of Fixation and its Causes

442

Chap. 57. Of Ceration and its Causes

443

Chap. 58. That our Medicine is two fold, one for the White and one for the Red: yet that we have one only Medicine for both

446

Chap. 59. Of the Medicine, Tin∣cture, Elixir or Stone of the Philosophers in General

449

Chap. 60. Of the three Orders of the Medicine

454

Chap. 61. How Ingression is pro∣cured

458

Chap. 62. Of the Cineritium

460

Chap. 63. Of Cementation and its Causes

463

Chap. 64. Of the Examen by Ig∣nition

466

Chap. 65. The Examen by fusion or Melting

467

Chap. 66. The Examen by the Vapors of Acute things

469

Chap. 67. The Examen by the Extinction of Bodies Red Hot

470

Chap. 68. A Recapitulation of the whole Art

471